Olympic Games 2012: Human Trafficking

Peter Bone: To ask the Minister for the Olympics with reference to the answer of 11 November 2009,  Official Report, column 373W, on Olympic Games 2012: human trafficking, what progress she has made in developing a plan for action to deter human traffickers from taking advantage of the London 2012 Olympics.

Tessa Jowell: Major sporting events can be a magnet for the global sex and trafficking industry, this is wholly unacceptable. I am determined that traffickers will not exploit London 2012. My officials have been working with the Home Office and the Metropolitan Police Service on this issue and collectively we are developing a comprehensive plan of action which will build on the considerable expertise the UK has in tackling human trafficking.
	Tackling this issue is one of my top priorities. Next month when I attend the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic winter games in Vancouver I will be meeting with key representatives from the agencies responsible for tackling human trafficking and NGO support groups. Ahead of my visit to Vancouver I plan to visit Gatwick airport to view the UK multi-agency response to see how the police, UK Border Force, local social services and NGOs work in partnership to identify and target potential victims of trafficking.
	I will ensure that the All Party Trafficking of Women and Children group receives an update on lessons learned when I return from Vancouver next month.

Bars

Michael Fabricant: To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission pursuant to the answer of 12 January 2010,  Official Report, columns 825-26W, on bars, 
	(1)  what the existing provision on the House of Commons part of the Parliamentary estate is for staff of the House and hon. Members; what the aggregate revenue accrued for Bellamy's Bar, the Astor Suite and the Bellamy's Club Room was in the last 12 months for which figures are available; and what estimate the House of Commons Commission has made of the amount of space required to operate a nursery for the children of staff of hon. Members and of the House;
	(2)  which bars available on the House of Commons estate  (a) House of Commons and  (b) hon. Members' staff may use.

Nick Harvey: Bars on the House of Commons part of the parliamentary estate currently available to staff of the House (all grades) and Members' staff are:
	Bellamy's Bar (Monday to Thursday 12.00 to 23.00 or rise of House, whichever is the earlier, but not before 22.00) with up to two guests.
	Moncrieff s Café Bar (Monday to Tuesday 09.00 to 20.00; Wednesday to Thursday 09.00 to 22.00 or rise of House, whichever is the later; Friday 09.00 to 16.00) with up to three guests.
	Additionally, senior staff of the House of Commons may use the following bar facilities:
	Strangers' Bar (Monday to Wednesday 12.00 to 23.00 or rise of House, whichever is the later; Thursday 12.00 to 22.00; Friday 12.00 to 15.15 or rise of House, whichever is the later). Staff grade A2 and above may take in up to three guests; Staff Grade B may not take in guests.
	June to July only: Terrace Pavilion Bar (open 13.00 to 23.00 Monday to Wednesday). Access as for Strangers' Bar.
	Pugin Room (bar service open Monday to Tuesday 11.00 to 15.00 and 17.30 to midnight or 15 minutes after the rise of House, whichever is the earlier; Wednesday 11.00 to 15.00 and 17.30 to 23.00; Thursday 11.00 to 15.00 and 17.30 to 22.00; closed Fridays). Open to staff grade A2 and above with up to three guests.
	Members and their guests have access to all the bar facilities listed above. Also, the Members' Smoking Room is provided for the exclusive use of Members of Parliament (Monday to Tuesday 14.00 to 17.00 and 18.00 to midnight; Wednesday 14.00 to 17.00 and 18.00 to 23.00; Thursday 13.00 to 17.00 and 18.00 to 19.00; closed Fridays).
	The following bars are provided elsewhere on the parliamentary estate for all parliamentary pass holders, including Members, their staff and all staff of the House of Commons:
	Sports and Social Club bar 12.00 to 23.00 Monday to Friday (sitting weeks) and at reduced time, depending on the level of trade, during recess.
	Lords Bar (Monday to Thursday 10.30 to 21.00; Friday 10.30 to 19.30) with up to two guests.
	The aggregate income for Bellamy's Bar, Astor Suite and Bellamy's Club Room was £216,000 in 2008-09, the last full 12-month period for which figures are available. However, given the operating costs of the facility and the expectation that some of the banqueting business will take up spare capacity elsewhere, the overall financial impact of the closure is expected to be minimal.
	House of Commons officials consulted with a number of child care experts on space requirements for a nursery which would comply with Ofsted regulations. They advised that the space requirement for children of different ages is as follows: under two years-3.7 sq metres; two years-2.8 sq metres; three to seven years-2.3 sq metres, and in addition certain other facilities need to be provided, such as toilets, a nappy changing area, kitchen, laundry and staff room.

Bars

Michael Fabricant: To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission pursuant to the answer of 12 January 2010,  Official Report, columns 825-26W, on bars, what advice the House of Commons Commission received from fire safety officers on the siting of a nursery on the Parliamentary estate in the area currently used by Bellamy's Bar, the Bellamy's Club Room and the Astor Suite; and if he will make a statement.

Nick Harvey: The site was identified as being suitable in all respects including health and safety, and the advice from fire safety officers will be sought during the design process and regulations will be complied with.

Crown Prosecution Service

Philip Davies: To ask the Solicitor-General how many days on average were taken by the Crown Prosecution Service in each area to provide advice to the police on charges for offences of  (a) rape,  (b) domestic violence and  (c) violent crime in the latest period for which figures are available.

Vera Baird: CPS data captured on its case management system (CMS) shows that for the 12 month period from January 2009 to December 2009:
	the average number of calendar days taken to reach the decision to charge in rape cases was 27.1 days
	the average number of calendar days taken to reach the decision to charge in domestic violence cases was 4.7 days
	the average number of calendar days taken to reach the decision to charge in all cases was 8.3 days
	Whereas it is possible to disaggregate pre-charge decision data in rape and domestic violence cases, it is not possible to provide a breakdown of pre-charge decision data for violent crime as a discrete offence category from within CMS. These data could only be obtained by analysis of case files at disproportionate cost.
	Under Statutory Charging arrangements the police refer cases to the CPS for investigative advice or a charging decision. In cases where a file is submitted to the CPS for advice or where there is insufficient evidence to bring a charge at the first referral, the prosecutor will advise the police officer on the further evidence to be gathered. Once this further evidence has been gathered the officer will return the case to the CPS in order for a charging decision to be made.
	CMS data reports the average number of calendar days that has elapsed since the first decision was sought from the police, to the date in which the last decision made was to charge or proceed to some other outcome. The CMS last decision made reports include all cases where a decision to charge was made on the same day as the request from the police, either by CPS Direct (an out of hours telephone service); by way of face to face advice; or by local telephone advice. They also include all those cases where the police were required to submit further evidence prior to a decision to charge being made; and those more complex cases where detailed written advice was provided to the police
	The system is unable to separately record the timeliness of those cases that were subject to advice and further work before a charge decision was made and recorded as the last decision.
	A breakdown of the figures for each area has been deposited in the Library of the House.

Churches: Repairs and Maintenance

Anne McIntosh: To ask the hon. Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners what recent representations he has received on the level of contribution from central Government towards church repairs.

Stuart Bell: The Archbishops' Council receives regular representations on the growing cost of church and cathedral fabric repairs and General Synod will shortly consider the increasing challenge of realising the huge potential of church buildings while dealing with this financial burden.
	The church is grateful for existing grant schemes but requests more state support and I have welcomed the Public Accounts Committee's recommendation that cathedrals should receive direct funding from Government, 21 January 2010,  Official Report, column 422. I also share the hon. Lady's view that parish churches, too, need greater support and I suggest that the most immediate aim should be to ensure the extension beyond 2011 of the Listed Places of Worship Grant scheme.

Healthy Relationships programme

Andrew Stunell: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice in how many prisons the Healthy Relationships offender behaviour course is offered and how many prisoners are waiting to participate on that course in each prison where it is offered.

Maria Eagle: The healthy relationships accredited offending behaviour programme is delivered in 12 prisons and waiting lists are managed by each prison. To collate, validate and provide meaningful information, and in many cases manually check records, could be undertaken only at disproportionate cost.

Convictions: Video Recordings Act 1984

Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice  (a) how much was levied in fines,  (b) how many custodial sentences were handed down and  (c) what the average length was of sentences imposed following conviction under the provisions of section (i) 9, (ii) 10, (iii) 11, (iv) 12, (v) 13 and (vi) 14 of the Video Recordings Act 1984 as amended by the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 in each year since each such section came into force.

Claire Ward: The number of offenders sentenced at all courts in England and Wales for offences under the Video Recording Act 1984, from 1995 to 2007 (latest available) is shown in the following tables. Prior to 1995 data under the Video Recording Act 1984 were held under a miscellaneous group of offences and cannot be separately identified.
	Sentencing Statistics 2008 will be published on 28 January 2010.
	
		
			  Total custodial sen tences and average custodial sentence length imposed under the Video Recordings Act 1984( 1) 
			1995  1996  1997  1998  1999  2000 
			 Section 9 Suspended sentences 0 0 1 0 0 0 
			  Immediate custody 1 2 2 3 4 2 
			  ACSL(2) 4.0 1.5 6.5 6.0 5.9 4.5 
			 
			  Number of fines 30 49 36 16 44 60 
			  Sum of fines imposed (£) 10,380 28,060 7,555 7,830 13,835 28,660 
			 
			 Section 10 Suspended sentences 0 0 0 0 0 1 
			  Immediate custody 1 4 3 2 8 7 
			  ACSL 2.0 3.3 4.0 2.0 2.4 3.4 
			 
			  Number of fines 52 46 53 47 44 52 
			  Sum of fines imposed (£) 14,340 16,550 15,830 14,710 12,570 11,420 
			 
			 Section 11 Suspended sentences 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			  Immediate custody 1 0 1 0 0 0 
			  ACSL 4.0 - 1.9 - - - 
			 
			  Number of fines 7 17 15 18 33 16 
			  Sum of fines imposed (£) 4,400 6,405 7,780 7,925 26,350 16,450 
			 Section 12 Suspended sentences 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			  Immediate custody 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			  ACSL - - - - - - 
			 
			  Number of fines 2 1 0 0 0 0 
			  Sum of fines imposed (£) 350 250 - - - - 
			 
			 Section 13 Suspended sentences 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			  Immediate custody 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			  ACSL - - - - - - 
			 
			  Number of fines 1 1 0 1 1 3 
			  Sum of fines imposed (£) 200 70 - 350 1,000 800 
			 
			 Section 14 Suspended sentences 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			  Immediate custody 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			  ACSL - - - - - - 
			 
			  Number of fines 1 0 1 1 0 1 
			  Sum of fines imposed (£) 25 - 4,000 1,250 - 100 
		
	
	
		
			2001  2002  2003  2004  2005  2006  2007 
			 Section 9 Suspended sentences 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 
			  Immediate custody 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 
			  ACSL(2) 3.0 - - 4.0 6.0 - - 
			  
			  Number of fines 47 48 37 21 21 5 11 
			  Sum of fines imposed (£) 15,250 18,020 8,925 9,420 7,155 750 5,735 
			  
			 Section 10 Suspended sentences 2 1 1 1 3 5 5 
			  Immediate custody 6 2 4 4 7 15 24 
			  ACSL 2.3 9.5 5.0 5.3 4.0 3.0 2.5 
			  
			  Number of fines 40 44 21 24 20 23 9 
			  Sum of fines imposed (£) 22,060 26,785 17,195 15,410 8,579 14,095 11,325 
			  
			 Section 11 Suspended sentences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			  Immediate custody 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			  ACSL - - - - - - - 
			  
			  Number of fines 9 12 14 6 8 8 0 
			  Sum of fines imposed (£) 12,400 12,950 12,900 4,650 3,910 9,950 - 
			  
			 Section 12 Suspended sentences 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 
			  Immediate custody 2 0 1 0 0 3 1 
			  ACSL 0.7 - 2.0 - - 1.6 6.0 
			  
			  Number of fines 5 4 8 33 9 2 4 
			  Sum of fines imposed (£) 3,550 2,300 1,325 25,495 2,900 750 2,900 
			  
			 Section 13 Suspended sentences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			  Immediate custody 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			  ACSL - - - - - - - 
			  
			  Number of fines 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			  Sum of fines imposed (£) 2,350 - - - - - - 
			  
			 Section 14 Suspended sentences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			  Immediate custody 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 
			  ACSL - - - - 0.2 - - 
			  
			  Number of fines 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 
			  Sum of fines imposed (£) - - - 300 0 - - 
			 (1) Video Recording Act 1984, sections 9, 10, 111, 12, 13, 14. (2) ACSL (months) excludes life and indeterminate sentences. Refers only to immediate custody.  Notes: These figures have been drawn from administrative data systems. Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system.  Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services, Ministry of Justice. Ref: PQ-311810, 18 January 2010

Cycling: Fines

Norman Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many fines for cycling on pavements have been issued in each local highway authority area in each of the last five years.

Claire Ward: The available information is provided in the following table.
	Sentencing Statistics 2008 will be published on 28 January 2010.
	The figures which we have provided are shown by police force area and not by local highway authority, because the courts proceeding database does not hold this information.
	
		
			  Total fines for cycling( 1)  on pavements, 2003-07 
			   2003  2004  2005  2006  2007 
			 Avon and Somerset 53 102 71 56 83 
			 Bedfordshire 11 16 23 15 20 
			 Cambridgeshire 33 10 10 39 31 
			 Cheshire 4 9 10 12 19 
			 City of London 21 26 12 12 10 
			 Cleveland 7 17 23 30 18 
			 Cumbria 38 45 59 53 68 
			 Derbyshire 49 45 40 21 42 
			 Devon and Cornwall 61 62 37 30 40 
			 Dorset 3 6 6 18 30 
			 Durham 17 21 32 16 51 
			 Essex 49 42 53 37 66 
			 Gloucestershire 3 5 8 4 10 
			 Greater Manchester 299 220 186 166 81 
			 Hampshire 59 50 39 39 40 
			 Hertfordshire 18 34 23 16 25 
			 Humberside 51 20 29 30 29 
			 Kent 31 33 26 24 35 
			 Lancashire 15 9 14 6 8 
			 Leicestershire 37 25 26 18 13 
			 Lincolnshire 18 22 5 22 26 
			 Merseyside 77 107 76 72 84 
			 Metropolitan Police 577 564 445 199 123 
			 Norfolk 16 16 15 5 16 
			 North Yorkshire 11 14 25 20 22 
			 Northamptonshire 2 5 5 9 16 
			 Northumbria 53 57 72 59 88 
			 Nottinghamshire 17 11 7 8 22 
			 South Yorkshire 50 38 63 54 50 
			 Staffordshire 10 19 19 15 20 
			 Suffolk 15 18 10 3 4 
			 Surrey 50 53 39 20 70 
			 Sussex 14 18 16 17 16 
			 Thames Valley 102 99 99 81 53 
			 Warwickshire 5 12 7 3 6 
			 West Mercia 15 31 20 39 26 
			 West Midlands 111 102 120 104 111 
			 West Yorkshire 94 64 79 101 74 
			 Wiltshire 16 10 11 6 7 
			 Dyfed-Powys 14 11 11 10 15 
			 Gwent 12 15 14 7 12 
			 North Wales 11 19 16 26 7 
			 South Wales 47 95 41 61 57 
			 Total 2,196 2,197 1,942 1,583 1,644 
			  Note: The following offences have been included in the answer but they may not all relate solely to cycling on pavement (1), Road Traffic Regulations Act 1984 -s.25(5) By moving vehicle: Failing to accord precedence to foot passengers -s.25(5) offences connected with pedal cycles: in relation to pedestrian crossing -Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 S.17(4) Offences connected with pedal cycles -Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 S.25(5) - By moving vehicles: failing to accord precedence to foot passengers -Pelican Pedestrian crossing Regulations and General directions 1987 Regs 12-14 and 16-19 Failing to observe regulations -Motorways Traffic (England and Wales) Regs 1982 Reg 15-offences connected with pedal cycles -Highway Act 1835 S.72-Pedal cycles-riding on footpath -Highway Act 1835 S.78-Pedal cycles-riding to common danger -Metropolitan Police Act 1839S.54(7)-riding to common danger  Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services. Ministry of Justice 
		
	
	These figures have been drawn from administrative data systems. Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system.
	These data are presented on the principal offence basis: where an offender has been sentenced for more than one offence the principal offence is the one for which the heaviest sentence was imposed; where the same sentence has been imposed for two or more offences the principal offence is the one for which the statutory maximum is most severe.

Driving Offences

Norman Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many people have been convicted of driving without insurance in each justice administrative area in each year since 1997.

Claire Ward: The number of persons found guilty at all courts in England and Wales for using a motor vehicle uninsured against third party risks, by police force area, from 1997 to 2007 (latest available) is shown in the following table.
	Court proceedings data for 2008 are planned for publication on 28 January 2010.
	
		
			  Number of persons found guilty at all courts for 'using motor vehicle uninsured against third party risks', by police force area, England and Wales, 1997 to 2007( 1, 2) 
			  Police force area  1997  1998  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005  2006  2007 
			 Avon and Somerset 5,690 5,918 4,983 5,739 4,746 5,447 5,886 6,364 5,455 4,662 3,744 
			 Bedfordshire 2,125 2,159 1,521 1,456 1,930 2,129 2,344 2,276 2,412 2,190 1,967 
			 Cambridgeshire 1,462 1,562 1,329 1,386 1,130 1,276 1,498 1,618 1,802 2,485 1,769 
			 Cheshire 2,374 2,497 2,508 2,696 2,547 2,973 3,611 3,804 2,769 2,688 3,391 
			 City of London 1,241 1,305 1,040 683 902 1,133 1,395 922 852 974 797 
			 Cleveland 1,656 1,744 1,760 2,272 2,197 2,653 2,298 3,359 2,505 2,323 1,556 
			 Cumbria 1,783 1,656 1,452 1,523 1,454 1,484 1,584 1,449 1,368 1,406 1,563 
			 Derbyshire 2,291 2,168 2,117 2,393 2,727 2,826 3,041 3,785 3,862 2,784 3,476 
			 Devon and Cornwall 3,299 2,639 2,980 4,025 3,760 4,031 4,134 4,042 3,510 4,048 3,724 
			 Dorset 2,072 1,687 1,858 2,246 1,513 1,711 2,086 2,005 2,321 2,123 1,822 
			 Durham 1,647 1,819 2,954 2,834 2,728 2,729 2,454 2,255 1,919 1,572 1,713 
			 Essex 3,242 3,239 3,483 3,752 3,647 3,597 3,536 3,610 3,790 3,851 4,239 
			 Gloucestershire 1,209 1,806 1,757 1,549 1,351 1,115 1,674 1,606 1,365 1,256 1,453 
			 Greater Manchester 13,673 14,063 15,611 15,859 17,506 18,472 20,694 18,836 16,441 15,163 11,747 
			 Hampshire 4,868 4,977 5,166 4,758 4,855 5,121 5,144 5,007 4,188 3,852 3,775 
			 Hertfordshire 1,442 1,792 1,694 2,153 2,427 2,932 3,690 4,061 4,406 4,774 3,746 
			 Humberside 1,932 1,927 2,329 2,423 2,255 2,104 2,550 2,508 2,537 3,072 1,835 
			 Kent 3,541 3,544 3,004 4,868 5,473 6,543 5,700 6,098 5,064 5,281 4,872 
			 Lancashire 8,182 7,661 6,449 7,487 6,240 6,863 8,906 6,642 7,619 6,661 6,443 
			 Leicestershire 4,047 4,299 4,843 4,282 4,321 4,513 5,349 5,376 3,573 3,137 2,199 
			 Lincolnshire 2,030 2,409 2,567 2,141 1,896 1,814 2,574 3,374 2,799 2,937 2,199 
			 Merseyside 5,162 4,786 4,417 4,998 4,930 5,963 7,360 7,208 5,967 4,449 5,714 
			 Metropolitan Police 17,698 15,531 13,844 13,193 14,449 17,674 20,970 25,343 25,520 26,796 29,173 
			 Norfolk 2,356 2,102 2,017 1,803 1,607 1,904 2,619 2,331 2,132 2,156 1,951 
			 North Yorkshire 1,736 1,616 1,615 1,589 1,247 1,216 1,342 1,536 1,674 1,640 1,832 
			 Northamptonshire 2,590 2,583 2,951 2,057 908 506 2,336 3,478 2,922 2,584 1,906 
			 Northumbria 4,929 4,867 5,638 5,957 5,534 5,623 5,901 5,587 6,091 5,884 4,979 
			 Nottinghamshire 3,240 3,540 2,815 3,062 3,066 2,888 3,796 4,347 3,604 3,132 3,372 
			 South Yorkshire 3,823 4,312 4,573 4,826 5,888 5,739 5,686 5,230 5,359 5,162 4,044 
			 Staffordshire 3,209 3,255 3,403 3,906 2,658 3,526 3,794 4,222 4,230 4,001 3,241 
			 Suffolk 1,467 1,561 1,649 1,429 1,547 1,683 2,225 2,247 1,854 1,686 1,365 
			 Surrey 1,532 1,424 1,392 1,611 1,731 1,992 1,853 1,949 1,924 1,942 3,183 
			 Sussex 3,207 2,919 2,757 2,491 2,521 2,275 2,154 2,267 2,100 2,400 2,679 
			 Thames Valley 3,774 3,959 4,783 4,774 4,152 4,892 6,558 6,346 5,581 5,638 5,195 
			 Warwickshire 1,641 1,532 1,341 1,506 1,631 1,528 1,799 2,542 2,230 2,357 1,898 
			 West Mercia 3,176 3,893 3,647 3,947 3,992 4,074 4,292 4,571 4,293 4,537 3,603 
			 West Midlands 10,843 11,214 9,369 10,535 10,622 14,199 17,249 19,314 17,715 15,936 11,047 
			 West Yorkshire 9,161 8,856 9,688 9,383 9,841 8,008 10,745 13,964 11,637 10,243 7,156 
			 Wiltshire 1,502 1,814 1,592 1,638 2,108 2,062 1,983 1,875 1,936 2,071 1,426 
			 Dyfed-Powys 1,327 1,350 1,399 1,432 1,205 1,553 1,503 1,059 1,293 1,234 1,304 
			 Gwent 1,899 2,159 2,162 2,326 2,276 2,188 1,916 1,527 1,514 1,531 1,179 
			 North Wales 2,157 2,087 1,941 1,814 1,453 1,898 3,040 3,351 2,279 3,187 2,258 
			 South Wales 6,269 6,808 6,190 6,303 5,371 6,320 6,639 7,358 6,013 5,671 4,621 
			 Total 162,504 163,039 160,588 167,105 164,342 179,177 205,908 216,649 198,425 191,476 171,156 
			 (1) The figures given in the table relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences it is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe. (2) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.  Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services-Ministry of Justice.

Driving Offences: Birmingham

Roger Godsiff: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many  (a) hit and run accidents,  (b) hit and run accidents in which the driver did not have insurance and  (c) hit and run drivers taken to court there were in Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath constituency in each of the last three years.

Claire Ward: Data on the number of reported hit and run personal injury road accidents in the Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath constituency provided by the Department for Transport (DfT) from 2005 to 2008 are shown in table 1. The DfT do not collect information centrally on uninsured drivers involved in hit and run accidents.
	Information available on the Ministry of Justice Court Proceedings Database cannot identify those defendants, proceeded against for offences of using a motor vehicle uninsured against third party risks that have been involved in a hit and run accident.
	The number of persons 'proceeded against at magistrates' courts for the offence of 'failing to stop after an accident' in the west midlands police force area, from 2005 to 2007 (latest available) is shown in table 2.
	Court proceedings data are not available at parliamentary constituency level, therefore information is given for the west midlands police force area in which the Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath constituency is located.
	Data for 2008 are planned for publication on 28 January 2010.
	
		
			  Table 1: Reported hit and run personal injury road accidents in the Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath parliamentary constituency( 1) , 2005 - 08 
			   Accidents (number) 
			 2005 186 
			 2006 150 
			 2007 159 
			 2008 149 
			 (1) Based on 2004 parliamentary constituency boundaries.  Source: Department for Transport. 
		
	
	
		
			  Table 2: Persons proceeded against at magistrates courts for the offence of failing to stop after an accident( 1, 2, 3 ) in the west midlands police force area, from 2003 - 07( 4, 5) 
			  Offence description  Statute  2005  2006  2007 
			 Failing to stop after accident Road Traffic Act 1988 S.170(4) 411 411 362 
			 (1) Not all hit and run incidents are pursued through the courts-minor ones in particular may not involve police attendance and may not be reported to the police by the injured party.  (2) "Hit and run" usually refers to a collision in which someone was injured or killed. The offence of failure to stop is also committed if there has only been damage but such incidents cannot be distinguished from those involving injury or death.  (3) A person involved in a hit and run incident may be convicted of a more serious offence such as dangerous driving.  (4) The figures given in the table relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences it is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe.  (5) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.   Source:  Justice Statistics Analytical Services-Ministry of Justice.

Prison: Programmes and Courses

Andrew Stunell: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice 
	(1)  how many prisoners serving indeterminate sentences for public protection have  (a) had access to and  (b) completed (i) one or more sex offender treatment programme courses, (ii) the Controlling Anger and Learning How to Manage It course and (iii) the Enhanced Thinking Skills course in each of the last five years;
	(2)  how many prisoners serving indeterminate sentences for public protection  (a) have been assessed as needing the Healthy Relationships programme and  (b) have completed the Healthy Relationships programme, in each prison providing the programme in each year since such programmes were introduced;
	(3)  how many of those prisoners serving indeterminate public protection sentences who have reached their tariff expiry date had completed  (a) none,  (b) one and  (c) two or more of the offender behaviour courses specified on their sentence plans prior to the expiry of the tariff;
	(4)  how many prisoners serving indeterminate public protection sentences had completed  (a) no,  (b) one and  (c) two or more offender behaviour courses on the most recent date for which figures are available;
	(5)  how many prisoners of each  (a) age group,  (b) sex and  (c) ethnicity were serving indeterminate sentences for public protection on the most recent date for which figures are available.

Maria Eagle: The National Offender Management Service (NOMS) database on indeterminate sentences for public protection (IPP) prisoners holds information on IPPs currently in custody. It therefore does not include those who have been discharged, or those whose IPP sentence was subsequently quashed. Although it captures data on access to, and completions of, accredited offending behaviour programmes, it does not record the date or location of programme completions, so answers are not broken down by year or location of completion.
	In 2009 NOMS rolled out the Thinking Skills programme, which will replace the Enhanced Thinking Skills programme. The following figures therefore include data for both programmes. On 19 January 2010 there were a total of 5,828 IPPs currently in custody. Of those IPPs currently in custody:
	628 have had access to one or more Sex Offender Treatment programme courses;
	842 have had access to the Controlling Anger and Learning to Manage It (CALM) programme;
	3,509 have had access to the Enhanced Thinking Skills programme (ETS) or the Thinking Skills programme (TSP);
	497 have completed one or more Sex Offender Treatment programme courses;
	755 have completed the CALM programme; and
	3,344 have completed the ETS or TSP programmes.
	Of those IPPs currently in custody:
	24 have been assessed as needing the Healthy Relationships programme; and
	52 have completed the Healthy Relationships programme.
	On 19 January 2010 there were a total of 2,468 IPPs who had reached their tariff expiry date. As the NOMS IPP Database does not record the dates of accredited Offending Behaviour programme completions, it is not possible to determine whether the completions took place before or after tariff expiry.
	Of the 2,468 post tariff IPPs currently in custody:
	466 have completed no accredited Offending Behaviour programmes;
	779 have completed one accredited Offending Behaviour programme; and
	1,223 have completed two or more accredited Offending Behaviour programmes.
	On 19 January 2010 there were a total of 5,828 IPPs currently in custody. Of those IPPs currently in custody:
	1,991 have completed no accredited Offending Behaviour programmes;
	1,939 have completed one accredited Offending Behaviour programme; and
	1,898 have completed two or more accredited Offending Behaviour programmes.
	The NOMS IPP Database will not able to report on the ethnicity of IPP prisoners until June 2010. The age profile of the 5,828 IPPs in custody on 19 January 2010 is:
	
		
			   IPPs 
			 15-17 years old 23 
			 18-20 years old 284 
			 21-24 years old 1,176 
			 25-29 years old 1,243 
			 30-39 years old 1,502 
			 40-49 years old 1,092 
			 50-59 years old 344 
			 60 +years old 164 
		
	
	The gender profile of IPPs is: male 5,673 and female 155.

Prisons: Budgets

Mark Oaten: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what direction he has given to each prison governor on budgets for the financial year 2009-10.

Maria Eagle: Letters of delegated authority were issued in June 2009 to each Director of Offender Management from the chief operating officer of the National Offender Management Service. The directors of Offender Management then issued letters of delegated authority to prison governors in their region. Each prison governor is required to operate within the limits confirmed in the written delegations.

Probation Service: Disabled

John McDonnell: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many staff of the Probation Service in England and Wales who have been diagnosed with a disability are currently subject to  (a) informal and  (b) formal capability proceedings.

Maria Eagle: Disability is self declared rather than diagnosed. Information on informal capability proceedings is not collated centrally as this is a local probation area management issue.
	However our new Probation HR Data Warehouse does include information on formal capability proceedings and the outcomes of these. This information is currently subject to validation and will be available in early 2010.

Departmental Electronic Equipment

Greg Hands: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many iPODs have been bought by his Department since 2005; and at what cost.

Dan Norris: According to records held centrally DEFRA has not purchased any iPods since 2005.

Flood Control: Finance

Martin Horwood: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much is planned to be spent by  (a) his Department,  (b) local authorities and  (c) the Environment Agency on flood and coastal erosion risk management in each year from 2010-11 to 2012-13, indicating in respect of each total how much stimulus package spending brought forward from another year it (i) includes and (ii) excludes.

Huw Irranca-Davies: DEFRA expects to spend £780 million on flood and coastal erosion risk management in 2010-11. This includes expenditure by local authorities (supported by Formula Grant) and the Environment Agency (through Grant in Aid). In addition, £20 million of the original £800 million figure for 2010-11 was brought forward into 2009-10 budgets as part of the fiscal stimulation package.
	Within the above, the Department has a retained budget for flood and coastal erosion risk management of £35 million for 2010-11. This will be spent taking forward recommendations within the Pitt Review of the 2007 floods, and also to help communities adapt to the risk of flooding and coastal erosion.
	Based on historical spending by local authorities, DEFRA estimates that its total expenditure on flooding and coastal erosion will be at least £87 million in 2010-11. However, the need for local authorities to spend more on flood and coastal erosion risk management was recognised at the last spending review and additional funding was provided as part of the overall formula grant settlement. As formula grant is not ring-fenced it is for individual authorities to decide how much to spend subject to limits on overall budgets and the need for investment on other priorities.
	The Environment Agency's Flood Defence Grant In Aid budget for 2010-11 is £659 million in 2010-11. This figure also reflects the £20 million brought forward to 2009-10.
	Budgets for 2011-12 and 2012-13 have not been set. These will be determined by the next spending review.

Flood Control: Finance

Martin Horwood: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much was spent by  (a) his Department,  (b) local authorities and  (c) the Environment Agency on flood and coastal erosion risk management in each year between 2007-08 and 2009-10, indicating in respect of each total how much stimulus package spending brought forward from another year it (i) includes and (ii) excludes.

Huw Irranca-Davies: The following table sets out the amount spent by DEFRA, the Environment Agency and local authorities on flood and coastal erosion risk management for the three-year period.
	
		
			  £ million 
			   2007-08  2008-09  2009-10 
			 Total 589.8 662.15 714.9 
			 
			  (a) DEFRA 0 3.75 20.5 
			  (b) Local authorities 90.0 90.0 (1)87.0 
			  (c) Environment Agency 499.8 568.4 607.4 
			 (1) Estimated. 
		
	
	(i) The figure given against Environment Agency expenditure in 2009-10 includes £20 million brought forward from 2010-11 budgets as part of the fiscal stimulation package.
	(ii) Taking account of the adjustment, total expenditure is expected to be £780 million in 2010-11.
	The figures at  (a) reflect budget retained by DEFRA for the introduction of measures from 2008-09 to assist communities in adapting to future risks and work arising from the Review by Sir Michael Pitt into the floods of 2007. It does not include the Flood Defence Grant in Aid allocated to the Environment Agency.
	The Environment Agency is funded by Flood Defence Grant in Aid from DEFRA.
	Local authority spending on flood and coastal erosion risk management is supported by Formula Grant. The £87 million figure quoted for 2009-10 is an estimate of annual expenditure based on historical data prior to the current spending period. The need for local authorities to spend more on flood and coastal erosion risk management was recognised at the last spending review and additional funding was provided as part of the overall formula grant settlement. As formula grant is not ring-fenced it is for individual authorities to decide how much to spend subject to limits on overall budgets and the need for investment on other priorities.
	Figures at  (a) (b) and  (c) for 2009-10 are provisional.

Fly Tipping

Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps his Department is taking to reduce levels of flytipping.

Dan Norris: The Environment Agency and local authorities are the enforcement bodies in England for waste crime, such as fly-tipping. DEFRA works closely with these bodies to develop better prevention, detection and prosecution of fly-tipping offences. In 2008-09, fly-tipping incidents dealt with by local authorities in England fell by over nine per cent. on the previous year.
	In particular, DEFRA is:
	funding Keep Britain Tidy to provide local authorities with support and advice on their fly-tipping prevention strategies, including training workshops for individual local authorities. Over 70 authorities will have benefited from this training programme by the end of the financial year. Keep Britain Tidy has also provided all local authorities in England with a Knowledge Bank of best practice information and case studies, backed up with anti-fly-tipping campaigning material;
	funding the Environment Agency's Waste Crime Innovation Programme, which includes pilot work on new and innovative techniques for tackling fly-tipping, as well as a Landowner Partnership Programme, working with landowner organisations to tackle fly-tipping on private land;
	shortly to bring in new powers allowing local authorities and the Environment Agency to seize vehicles suspected of involvement in fly-tipping more easily;
	working to strengthen the waste carrier registration system and promote-through more user friendly guidance-the waste duty of care so that the law is better understood and easier for authorities to enforce.

Food: Conservation

Laurence Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will issue guidance to local authorities and other public bodies in respect of the purchase of endangered seafood; and if he will make a statement.

Huw Irranca-Davies: DEFRA and HM Revenue and Customs enforce strict controls on the import and marketing of animals and animal products from species classified as endangered under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES).
	The Public Sector Food Procurement Initiative has for some time been providing advice and guidance in sustainable sourcing of food, including fish, for the public sector for example by reference to the Marine Stewardship Council's Eco-label scheme and equivalent certification schemes that meet the UN FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries. Public sector procurement guidance also refers to the IUCN red list as being definitive on endangered species.
	In moving forward with this agenda, we are working with the Office of Government Commerce to embed into the Collaborative Food Procurement Programme best practice on sustainability and environmental awareness including the conservation status of commonly eaten fish and seafood. The aims of this programme are to encourage greater collaboration between public sector buyers to achieve efficiency cost savings and to embed the use of sustainability criteria in the contract award process for the procurement of food by the public sector.

Genetically Modified Organisms: Animal Feed

Tom Watson: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment he has made of the effects of consumption of genetically-modified feedstuffs on animal health in the last two years; and if he will make a statement.

Dan Norris: We have not made such an assessment. Under European Union rules, genetically modified (GM) crops are cleared for animal feed use only if they pass a robust safety assessment carried out by the European Food Safety Authority. The assessment takes account of any potential effects on animal health.

Livestock: Waste Disposal

Lembit �pik: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer of 13 January 2010,  Official Report, column 963W, on agriculture: waste disposal, what provision of the EU Animal By-Products Regulations 1774/2002 prohibits the disposal of fallen stock by means of anaerobic digestion; and if he will make a statement.

Jim Fitzpatrick: Fallen stock are categorised as high risk material under the Animal by-Regulation 1774/2002, articles 4 and 5 of which require such material to be disposed of by rendering or incineration only (with limited exceptions-for example feeding of certain material to dogs in hunt kennels). Only these disposal routes are approved because they have been shown to be effective in destruction of TSEs and other serious diseases, whereas anaerobic digestion has to date only been shown to be effective against a more limited range of pathogens.

Monuments: Conservation

David Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs which sites and monuments in the guardianship of the Secretary of State have  (a) current and  (b) lapsed conservation or management plans.

Huw Irranca-Davies: There is a current management plan for each of the buildings, sites and monuments in the guardianship of the Secretary of State. These management plans were established as part of the Quadrennial and Biennial Reports prepared in 2008 and 2009 as part of the wider asset management approach.

Monuments: Vandalism

David Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what his Department's strategy is in respect of deterrence of vandalism to sites and monuments in the guardianship of the Secretary of State, with particular reference to those in  (a) remote and  (b) economically deprived areas.

Huw Irranca-Davies: DEFRA considers that none of its historic buildings, sites or monuments are located in  (b) economically deprived areas and our experience of vandalism does not necessitate a deterrence strategy.
	There is a single monument which might be considered to be in a  (a) remote location. It is an earthwork monument located in woodland in a semi rural location. It has a low profile and access is via the main site entrance; our experience is that an active deterrence strategy is not required.

River Dee: Salmon

Ben Chapman: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate he has made of the size of the salmon population in the River Dee in the last  (a) two,  (b) five,  (c) 10 and  (d) 15 years.

Huw Irranca-Davies: The following table shows the estimates of the numbers of adult salmon returning to the River Dee at Chester each year since 1992 when an intensive long-term monitoring programme for migratory salmonids began on the river.
	These estimates are published in spring each year (alongside those of other salmon rivers in England and Wales) in a joint report produced by the Environment Agency and the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science: Environment Agency and CEFAS (2009) Annual assessment of salmon stocks and fisheries in England and Wales 2008: A preliminary assessment prepared for ICES, March 2009.
	Estimates for 2009 are due to be available by March 2010.
	
		
			  Dee salmon run estimates 1992 to 2008 
			   Number 
			 1992 4,643 
			 1993 9,757 
			 1994 5,285 
			 1995 5,703 
			 1996 4,931 
			 1997 5,496 
			 1998 6,661 
			 1999 3,664 
			 2000 3,751 
			 2001 4,766 
			 2002 7,216 
			 2003 4,915 
			 2004 7,123 
			 2005 5,435 
			 2006 5,663 
			 2007 5,839 
			 2008 5,437

River Dee: Salmon

Ben Chapman: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent representations he has received on the size of the salmon population in the River Dee.

Huw Irranca-Davies: The Environment Agency has not received any specific representations on the level of the salmon population in the River Dee. The Agency has regular contact with fisheries groups on the River Dee in which salmon populations and angling are discussed.

Supermarkets: Waste Disposal

Jim Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 
	(1)  what his most recent estimate is of the amount of food produce disposed of by supermarkets which has passed its sell-by date and not its best-before date;
	(2)  what recent assessment he has made of trends in the practice of supermarkets of rejecting supplies of fruit and vegetables on the grounds of minor imperfections;
	(3)  what recent estimate he has made of the amount of fruit and vegetables that is rejected by supermarkets due to minor imperfections; and what recent discussions his Department has had with supermarket representatives on this practice;
	(4)  what his policy is on the practice of supermarkets discarding supplies of fruit and vegetables rejected owing to minor imperfections.

Dan Norris: holding answer 21 January 2010
	No estimate has been made of the amount of food disposed of by supermarkets which is beyond its sell-by-date but not its best-before-date.
	There has been no assessment of the practice of supermarkets disposing of food on the grounds of minor imperfections and no estimate of the amount of waste involved is available.
	The Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) plans to publish research by early March 2010 on the food waste produced at each stage of the supply chain-from manufacture through to distribution and retail. However, both the amount of food disposed of by supermarkets which is beyond its sell-by-date but not before its best-before-date, and the amount of food waste disposed of by supermarkets due to minor imperfections, are beyond the scope of this project.
	WRAP, the Food Standards Agency (FSA), representatives from the food industry, consumer groups and the UK Government Departments are also working closely to help reduce this food waste by changing retailers' practices on date labelling and food storage guidance.

Tuna: Conservation

Charles Walker: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment he made of the outcome of the November 2009 meeting of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas; and what position the Government took on the proposal to list Atlantic bluefin tuna under Appendix 1 to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species.

Huw Irranca-Davies: The UK welcomes the outcome of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tuna's (ICCAT) annual meeting that took place in November 2009, as it signals an improvement in the management of the blue fin tuna stocks. We are assessing whether the measures agreed at the meeting provide sufficient reassurance that ICCAT can take the necessary steps to implement what was agreed at the meeting, in order to turn around the dramatic decline in the species population. Consequently, we have not yet ruled out the need for a convention on international trade in endangered species (CITES) Appendix I listing, and it certainly remains an option under consideration in the run up to the CITES Conference of Parties meeting in March this year.

Tuna: Conservation

Richard Benyon: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer of 11 January 2010,  Official Report, column 687W, on tuna: conservation, whether he plans to take advice from the  (a) International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) and  (b) UN Food and Agricultural Organisation's Ad Hoc Advisory panel into account in determining the UK's negotiating position; and what information will be sought from ICCAT at the compliance meeting in February 2010.

Huw Irranca-Davies: The UK has considered the information provided by the Food and Agriculture Organisation and the outcome of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) annual meeting in shaping its negotiating position on blue fin tuna.
	The UK will be in attendance at the February meeting of the ICCAT Compliance Committee, and will want to be completely satisfied that the contracting parties operating in the blue fin tuna fishery can demonstrate that they are able to enforce the new provisions effectively, so as to prevent quotas being exceeded.

Airports

David Amess: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what criteria his Department uses to assess the merits of proposals to expand airports; what changes to these criteria there have been since 1997; whether any changes are planned in the next six months; and if he will make a statement.

Paul Clark: The Future of Air Transport White Paper (2003) provides a strategic framework for the sustainable development of airport capacity in the UK. It neither authorises nor precludes any particular development, but serves to inform and guide the consideration of specific applications which may be made by airport owners to the relevant planning authority.
	The White Paper was based on extensive research and analysis to ensure that economic, environmental and social impacts were properly considered. For example, the criteria used to assess options for airport expansion in the south-east were published in Appraisal framework for airports in South East and East of England (DTLR, 2000).
	Subsequently, the Department has conducted an impact assessment of the decisions set out in Adding Capacity at Heathrow Airport: Decisions following Consultation (DFT, 2009). The impact assessment was consistent with the relevant appraisal guidance, including the procedures and criteria set out in the Better Regulation Executive's impact assessment guidance.
	The Department continues to keep under review the approach it takes to assessing the merits of airport expansion.

Departmental Public Expenditure

Norman Baker: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport 
	(1)  how much his Department  (a) budgeted to spend and  (b) spent on (i) support for passenger rail franchises and (ii) Transport Innovation Fund capital grants to local authorities for 2008-09;
	(2)  how much his Department  (a) budgeted to spend and  (b) have spent to date on (i) support for passenger rail franchises and (ii) Transport Innovation Fund capital grants to local authorities for 2009-10.

Chris Mole: Support for passenger rail franchises in 2008-09 was budgeted to deliver net income to the Department for Transport of £343 million, against which the outturn was net income of £402 million. In 2009-10 the year to date income at the end of December 2009 was £148 million. With expenditure forecast to increase over the remainder of the year due to the impact of the economic downturn on industry revenues, the final position is expected to be in line with the budgeted income of £34 million.
	No Transport Innovation Fund capital funding was paid to local authorities in 2008-09 or 2009-10.

Heathrow Airport: Railways

Norman Baker: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what steps he is taking to facilitate the introduction of a rail link between Woking and Heathrow Airport.

Chris Mole: A scheme to provide a direct rail link between Woking and Heathrow airport, known as Heathrow Airtrack, is being promoted by Heathrow Airport Ltd., a subsidiary of BAA. In order to secure powers to construct and operate the scheme, Heathrow Airport Ltd. submitted an application for an Order under the Transport and Works Act in July 2009. A public inquiry is planned to be held during 2010 following which the independent planning inspector will make recommendations to Ministers.

Ice and Snow: Merseyside

Ben Chapman: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport if he will discuss with Wirral Borough Council  (a) damage caused by ice to roads in the borough and  (b) the clearance of snow from main and side roads in the borough.

Sadiq Khan: The maintenance of the local highway in Wirral is the responsibility of Wirral metropolitan borough council. This Department has published guidance on its emergency capital highway maintenance funding scheme. If Wirral metropolitan borough council wishes to submit a claim for this funding, in connection with damage caused by this winter's severe weather, the Department will arrange for its consultants to provide free assistance to the authority.
	As the local highway authority it is a matter for Wirral metropolitan borough council to decide on their policy for clearing snow and ice from their roads. The UK Roads Liaison Group (UKRLG) has published Well maintained highways a code of practice for highway maintenance. They have recently published updated guidance on the section which covers winter maintenance. Both the code of practice and the revised winter service guidance are available free of charge on the UKRLG website:
	www.ukroadsliaisongroup.org

Railways: Snow and Ice

Keith Vaz: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how many rail services in England and Wales were cancelled owing to adverse weather conditions in January 2010; and how many such services served stations in  (a) Leicester and  (b) the East Midlands.

Chris Mole: The Department for Transport does not hold a detailed breakdown of the reasons for specific cancellations. However, in the most recent four weeks for which provisional figures are available (ending 9 January 2010) 17,172 trains were cancelled in England and Wales. This represents 4.16 per cent. of trains scheduled to run.
	In the same period, East Midland Trains (which serves Leicester and is the main train operator in the East Midlands) cancelled 106 trains, which represents 0.97 per cent. of trains scheduled to run. Crosscountry Trains (which also serves Leicester and the East Midlands) cancelled 297 trains, which represents 4.65 per cent of trains scheduled to run.
	Detailed train performance data for the rail network, including cancellations by cause, is collected and held by Network Rail. The hon. Member may wish to contact Network Rail's chief executive at the following address for a response to his question:
	Iain Coucher
	Chief Executive
	Network Rail
	Kings Place
	90 York Way
	London N1 9AG

Railways: Snow and Ice

David Evennett: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport whether he has made a recent assessment of the resilience of the rail network in  (a) Greater London and  (b) the South East to severe weather conditions.

Chris Mole: The Department for Transport is working with the rail industry to review performance and the industry's response during the recent disruption caused by the severe weather conditions. The Department is also collecting information on all services which were operated to understand whether improvements could be made to rail services during future adverse weather.

Roads: Lighting

David Amess: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what legislative provisions in respect of street lighting are in force; what changes there have been to such legislation since its enactment; and if he will make a statement.

Sadiq Khan: There are a number of legislative provisions that apply in respect of street lighting, starting with the Towns Improvement Clauses Act of 1847. A searchable database of current legislation can be found at:
	http://www.statutelaw.gov.uk

Roads: Snow and Ice

Keith Vaz: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of provision of grit and salt to treat roads and pavements in  (a) Leicester,  (b) the East Midlands and  (c) nationwide in periods of very cold weather.

Sadiq Khan: Following the severe weather in February 2009, the UK Roads Liaison Group published a report on the lessons learnt on salt usage and supply. The Department for Transport welcomed the UKRLG report and wrote to local authority chief executives impressing on them the importance of effective winter service strategies. The UKRLG also issued revised guidance on winter service.
	The UKRLG recommendation was that local authorities should keep six days salt capacity and that in addition the Highways Agency should hold a strategic reserve. The Highways Agency entered this winter period with 13 days' capacity and I regard this as the right response following last year's events. For local roads, it is for each local highway authority to consider what measures to take to ensure roads and pavements can be gritted, based on the guidance available to them.

Roads: Snow and Ice

Keith Vaz: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how many snow ploughs provided by his Department were in operation in  (a) Leicester and  (b) the East Midlands in January 2010.

Sadiq Khan: As part of the Highways Agency's winter fleet replacement project, 35 new vehicles were in operation in the East Midlands region this season, of which nine operated specifically within Leicestershire. The Highways Agency does not have any motorways or trunk roads within Leicester.
	Winter service provision on local authority roads is a matter for the authority concerned. The Department for Transport does not provide snow ploughs or other equipment.

Roads: Snow and Ice

Keith Vaz: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport from what sources the salt used to treat roads in  (a) Leicester and  (b) the East Midlands is procured.

Sadiq Khan: Local authorities in the East Midlands purchase the salt they use to treat roads from a number of suppliers, the two biggest being Salt Union and Cleveland Potash. Salt Union currently supply salt to treat roads to Leicester City and Leicestershire.
	The Highways Agency does not have any trunk roads or motorways in Leicester. Salt used to treat the trunk roads and motorways in the East Midlands region is purchased from Salt Union.

Roads: Snow and Ice

Keith Vaz: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how many roads for which his Department has responsibility in  (a) Leicester,  (b) the East Midlands and  (c) nationwide were closed owing to adverse weather conditions in January 2010.

Sadiq Khan: The Highways Agency has responsibility for the Strategic Road Network in England. This network is made up of motorways and trunk roads. The following table shows those road closures on the Strategic Road Network which were directly and immediately attributable to the adverse weather conditions in January 2010.
	 Note:
	None of them were in the East Midlands. Where no date is provided in the 'date to' box, the road was only closed on one day.
	
		
			  Road  Details  Date from  Date to  Times 
			 A628 Flouch (A616/A628 roundabout to A57 Tintwistle) 2 January 2010 - 11:40 to 15:26 
			 A628 Flouch (A616/A628 roundabout to A57 Tintwistle) 5 January 2010 14 January 2010 07:15 to 16:00 
			 A616 M1 J35A to junction with A628 Flouch 5 January 2010 6 January 2010 13:35 to 10:30 
			 A66 Bowes (A67) to Brough (A685) 2 January 2010 3 January 2010 14:32 to 14:55 
			 A66(1) Bowes (A67) to Brough (A685) 5 January 2010 - 03:26 to 14:27 
			 A66 Bowes (A67) to Brough (A685) 5 January 2010 7 January 2010 17:05 to 13:25 
			 A66 Bowes (A67) to Brough (A685) 9 January 2010 14 January 2010 17:35 to 18:33 
			 A249 Sheppey Crossing - both directions 6 January 2010 - 19:30 to 21:30 
			 A249 Sheppey Crossing - both directions 9 January 2010 10 January 2010 02:50 to14:05 
			 A3 Hindhead 5 January 2010 6 January 2010 18:20 to 12:17 
			 M48 J1 - J2 Severn Bridge westbound 13 January 2010 - 02:20 to 12:00 
			 M48 J1 - J2 Severn Bridge eastbound 13 January 2010 - 02:20 to 12:15 
			 A38 A380 Kennford to B3344 Harcombe 12 January 2010 13 January 2010 21:30 to 01:20 
			 A5 A509 to A422 near Milton Keynes - both directions 6 January 2010 - 20:40 to 22:35 
			 (1 )The A66 was closed between the snow gates at Bowes and Brough. On 5 January the road was closed, reopened and closed again.

Roads: Snow and Ice

Lindsay Hoyle: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how much salt has been available to  (a) each Lancashire district council and  (b) Lancashire County Council in anticipation of its requirement for road-gritting in each of the last three years.

Sadiq Khan: Winter service, including provisioning salt stocks in anticipation of gritting requirements, is a matter for each individual local highway authority. Salt is available on open markets from a range of sources, and the Department for Transport does not regularly monitor authorities' purchases.

Underground Railways: Contracts

John McDonnell: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what arrangements his Department has made under the London Underground public private partnership to ensure the continued operation of the London Underground system in the event of a failure by Tubelines to meets its contractual commitments under the partnership.

Sadiq Khan: Any failure by Tube Lines to meet its contractual commitments is a matter for London Underground Ltd., Transport for London and the Mayor of London under the devolved arrangements set out in the Greater London Authority Act 1999. The Tube Lines PPP contract is available on Transport for London's website.

Jobseeker's Allowance

Ashok Kumar: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 
	(1)  what percentage of pupils permanently excluded from school in  (a) England,  (b) the North East and  (c) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland claimed jobseeker's allowance within three months of leaving school in the latest period for which figures are available;
	(2)  what estimate she has made of the average length of time permanently excluded pupils who subsequently claimed jobseeker's allowance claimed before finding full-time employment in the latest period for which figures are available;
	(3)  what proportion of 16 year-olds in  (a) England,  (b) the North East and  (c) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency who left school without five GCSEs at grade A* to C began to claim jobseeker's allowance within six months of leaving school in the latest period for which figures are available.

Jim Knight: The information requested is not available.
	Jobseeker's Allowance is not usually payable to under 18s, except those in severe hardship.
	Information on whether a claimant of Jobseeker's Allowance is or was a permanently excluded student is not collected by the Jobcentre.
	Academic qualifications are collected by the Jobcentre when a claimant applies for Jobseeker's Allowance however these are not collected on the datasets used to analyse Jobseeker's Allowance claimants.

Jobseeker's Allowance: Morecambe

Geraldine Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what recent steps her Department has taken to assist those in receipt of jobseeker's allowance in Morecambe and Lunesdale constituency to secure employment.

Jim Knight: Government's priority is to ensure that everyone who is out of work has the support they need to find a job. As part of this commitment, the Government have made up to £5 billion available since November 2008 to offer substantial new support to jobseekers, and particularly young people, during the recession.
	In April 2009, we launched an enhanced offer to all jobseekers at day one of their claim which includes targeted group sessions in jobsearch techniques, access to Local Employment Partnership vacancies and access to additional financial support towards the costs associated with finding work. We have also quadrupled funding to the Rapid Response Service which provides advice and support to people facing redundancy.
	When they reach six months of unemployment, all jobseekers are now able to access a substantial new package of support including recruitment subsidies, work-focused training places, volunteering opportunities and support to become self-employed.
	Government have also introduced substantial new support to help young people during the recession, particularly through the Future Jobs Fund, where Lancashire county council have already been successful in a bid to create up to 503 Future Jobs Fund jobs in the local area which will provide valuable opportunities for people in the area.
	The support will be further enhanced from 25 January with the introduction of the Young Person's Guarantee, which guarantees all 18 to 24-year-olds who reach six months of unemployment access to a job, training or work experience. From April 2010, young people will be required to take up one of the places on offer before they complete 10 months on benefit.
	Young people will also be given access to a named Jobcentre Plus Personal Adviser at the start of their claim and have more time with an adviser throughout their claim. And we are offering many more young people day one access to the substantial support that is normally available at six months.
	In addition, 18 to 24-year-olds in Morecambe and Lunesdale who have been claiming Jobseeker's Allowance for six months have access to the New Deal for Young People, and customers aged 25 and over who have been unemployed for 18 months have access to the New Deal 25 Plus programme. The new Flexible New Deal, which builds on the success of the existing New Deal programmes and offers more personalised and flexible support, will be introduced in Morecambe and Lunesdale from April 2010.

Pathways to Work

Paul Rowen: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people with mental health problems have been referred to the Pathways to Work programme since its inception; and how many of them  (a) were referred to the Condition Management Programme,  (b) moved into employment and  (c) moved back on to benefits within 12 months of moving into employment.

Jonathan R Shaw: holding answer 13 January 2010
	Official statistics are routinely published for employment programmes such as Pathways to Work. Official statistics on Pathways to Work job entries are available up to January 2009 and are published at:
	http://research.dwp.gov.uk/asd/workingage/ib_ref_p2w.asp
	Up to April 2009, 100,810 individuals with a mental health condition in Provider-Led Pathways areas and 293,550 individuals in Jobcentre Plus Pathways areas, had started the Pathways to Work programme.
	Up to April 2009, 39,760 individuals with a mental health condition had been referred to the Condition Management Programme in Jobcentre Plus Pathways areas. Figures are not available for Provider-Led Pathways.
	Up to January 2009, 10,070 individuals with a mental health condition in Provider-Led Pathways areas and 54,340 individuals in Jobcentre Plus Pathways areas, had started employment through the Pathways to Work programme.
	In order to look at whether customers have moved back onto benefit within 12 months of starting work, we need to consider an earlier cohort of customers, to allow time to capture any movement back onto benefit.
	Up to May 2008, 37,380 individuals with a mental health condition in Provider-Led Pathways areas and 253,310 individuals in Jobcentre Plus Pathways areas, had started the Pathways to Work programme. Of which 2,110 in Provider-Led Pathways areas and 43,450 individuals in Jobcentre Plus Pathways areas had moved into employment by May 2008. Of which, 740 individuals (35 per cent.) in Provider-Led Pathways areas and 17,590 individuals (40 per cent) in Jobcentre Plus Pathways areas had moved back onto benefit within 12 months of moving into employment.
	The figures relate to those customers whose GPs' diagnosis of their main disabling condition is mental health condition.
	The Government also offers other support to help people with a mental health condition get and keep jobs. Access to Work is a specialist disability programme that helps disabled people overcome work-related obstacles. It is flexible, easy to access and shows high levels of satisfaction from disabled people and their employers. We are doubling the budget for Access to Work to £138 million by 2014 to ensure that everyone who can benefit from the programme is able to access it. We have also developed a range of improvements to the programme, including changes to ensure the programme helps people with mental health conditions more effectively. We will be discussing these changes with stakeholders over the next few months, with the intention of beginning implementation from April 2010.
	 Notes:
	1. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10. Totals may not sum due to rounding.
	2. Medical condition information is obtained from the individuals GPs' diagnosis of their main disabling condition and is based on the International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision, published by the World Health Organisation. Medical breakdowns are currently available for incapacity benefit /severe disablement allowance customers but not for those of employment and support allowance.
	3. Official statistics use both HMRC data and return to work credit data to calculate how many Pathways customers have moved into employment. This may not include some self-employed people and low earners who fall below the HMRC threshold and do not claim RTWC.
	4. If a person has started Pathways or entered employment more than once in the period, then their first Pathways or employment spell is counted.
	Source:
	DWP Jobcentre Plus and Provider-Led databases

Pathways to Work

Mark Harper: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions with reference to the announcement of the review of the Pathways to Work scheme in her Department's White Paper on Building Britain's Recovery, who will conduct the review; what timetable has been set for that review; when she plans to publish the findings of the review; and what her latest assessment is of the performance of the Pathways to Work scheme.

Jim Knight: holding answer 18 January 2010
	 The review of the support we offer to disabled Jobcentre Plus customers and those with health conditions began in November 2009. It is being conducted by the Department for Work and Pensions. As part of the review we are engaging with a range of delivery partners and external stakeholders and have asked for views from any interested party at
	http://www.dwp.gov.uk/docs/pathways-evidence-gathering-151209.pdf
	The findings of the review and proposals for future support for disabled customers and customers with health conditions will be published in the spring.
	Early evidence from the initial Pathways pilots was very positive, showing that people enquiring about incapacity benefit in Pathways areas were 25 per cent. more likely to be in work at 18 months. Official Statistics for the number of job outcomes for those participating in JCP-Led and Provider-Led Pathways are available on the Department's website
	http://research.dwp.gov.uk/asd/workingage/ib_ref_p2w.asp
	This shows that since October 2003 and as of January 2009 more than 173,000 people have moved into work through Pathways.

Housing Pledge

Stephen Hesford: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what recent representations he has received from the construction industry on the housing pledge; and if he will make a statement.

John Healey: The Housing Pledge was part of the Government's response to the economic crisis. It has provided public investment to deliver new homes and jobs across every region of the country. It was welcomed by Stewart Baseley (Executive Chairman, HBF) as:
	a real boost for potential home owners, the industry and wider economy.

Economic Regeneration: North West

Derek Twigg: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what recent assessment he has made of the performance of local authorities in promoting economic regeneration in the north-west.

Rosie Winterton: There are many examples of local authority activity to promote economic regeneration in the North-West. Local authorities were recently assessed as part of the joint inspectorate Comprehensive Area Assessment (CAA). The results are publicly available on the Oneplace website.

Connecting Communities

Michael Clapham: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of his Department's connecting communities programme.

John Denham: We are commissioning a national evaluation of the effectiveness and impact of the Connecting Communities programme. This will be conducted in two phases, the first phase reporting at the end of June 2010, and the second phase reporting at the end of December 2010.
	Early monitoring through Government Offices show a real appetite for the programme at a local level and good early indications of delivery.

Connecting Communities

David Crausby: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government which local authorities have used his Department's connecting communities programme to place people seeking work in vacancies offered under the future jobs fund.

John Denham: The Connecting Communities programme is providing support to those communities most vulnerable as a result of the recession, focusing on issues of jobs, homes, crime and antisocial behaviour and opportunities for young people.
	There are early indications that the programme is helping people benefit from the Future Jobs Fund. For example, in Nottingham, Aspley neighbourhood, a scheme is being developed to train people to mentor 96 long-term unemployed people who are being supported under the Future Jobs Fund. Last week I visited Athersley and New Lodge in Barnsley and saw how practical actions taken through connecting communities had already helped 16 people from the St. Helens ward access employment.

Departmental Carbon Emissions

Kelvin Hopkins: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether  (a) his Department,  (b) its agencies and  (c) associated non-departmental public bodies plan to sign up to the 10:10 campaign for cutting carbon usage in 2010; and if he publish the (i) criteria and (ii) research upon which such a decision will be taken.

Barbara Follett: The Department for Communities and Local Government (CLG) has already signed up to the 10:10 Campaign for cutting carbon emissions by 10 per cent. in 2010; and is committed to working towards this target with its executive agencies and non-departmental public bodies (NDPBs). CLG understands the 10:10 Campaign to relate to carbon emissions from energy use, owned vehicles and air travel.
	The two main decision criteria in signing up were performance to date and the availability of cost-effective carbon reduction opportunities deliverable over the next 12 months.
	The CLG Group, which includes its executive agencies and selected NDPBs, reduced reported emissions from energy use by over 10 per cent. in 2008-09 compared to the previous year and has already reduced emissions from road travel by 30 per cent. compared to the Sustainable Operations (SOGE) target to reduce by 15 per cent. by 2010-11 against 2005-06 levels. Given these recent successes, it is particularly challenging to reduce emissions by a further 10 per cent. in 2010 across such a diverse estate and range of organisations.
	CLG's ongoing research and analysis, which informs its wider Carbon Reduction Delivery Plan, indicates that a further 10 per cent. reduction should be possible across its headquarter estate in 2010. These reductions are expected to be delivered by continued estate rationalisation, upgrade of lighting, heat recovery projects and more efficient operation of plant and machinery. Specific research includes assessments of estate strategies, FM and engineering practices and asset replacement opportunities. These will then be prioritised based on payback and availability of resources.
	In assessing its approach to short term targets such as 10:10, the Department remains mindful of its long term strategy for meeting its Carbon Budget allocations, necessary to deliver the 80 per cent. reduction by 2050, as required by the Climate Change Act.

Housing: Lone Parents

Caroline Spelman: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many new additional places in supervised homes the Government plans to fund to house all 16 and 17 year old single parents.

Ian Austin: £30 million capital funding over three years from Communities and Local Government will provide new places in Foyers and specialist supported housing through the National Affordable Housing programme.

Local Government and Fire Services: Pensions

Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether the provisions relating to public sector pensions announced in the Pre-Budget Report 2009 will apply to the  (a) local government and  (b) firefighters' pension scheme.

Barbara Follett: The pre-Budget report 2009 stated that cap and share arrangements intended to limit contributions made by employers will apply to the teachers, local government, NHS and civil service pension schemes. Consideration is being given to extending this requirement to the firefighters' pension schemes.

Repossession Orders: South East

Stephen Ladyman: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many homes have been repossessed in each  (a) district,  (b) county and  (c) unitary authority area in the South East in each year since 1990.

Ian Austin: There are two independent sources of data on actual numbers of mortgage possessions: The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) and the Financial Services Authority (FSA). However both are only available for the United Kingdom as a whole.
	The Council of Mortgage Lenders latest press release on repossessions is on their website at:
	http://www.cml.org.uk/cml/media/press/2456
	The Financial Services Authority data is available on their website at:
	http://www.fsa.gov.uk/pages/Doing/Regulated/Returns/IRR/statistics/

Social Rented Housing: South East

Stephen Ladyman: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many homes have been built by  (a) social landlords and  (b) local authorities for owner occupation in each (i) district, (ii) county and (iii) unitary authority area in the south east in each year since 1990.

Ian Austin: A table containing available information on the number of new build dwellings provided for low cost home ownership by registered social landlords in each local authority area of the south east region since 1991 has been placed in the House Library. The information is based on the location of the dwelling. These figures are homes offered through the shared equity, shared ownership and intermediate rent schemes.
	Not all affordable housing is provided by new build completions, some can be provided through acquisitions.

Social Rented Housing: South East

Stephen Ladyman: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many homes have been available for rent from  (a) social landlords and  (b) private landlords in each (i) district, (ii) county and (iii) unitary authority area in the South East in each year since 1990.

Ian Austin: The term 'social landlords' has been interpreted to mean local authorities and registered social landlords (RSLs).
	Information on the stock of dwellings owned by local authorities as at 1 April each year from 1994 is supplied to Communities and Local Government by local authorities on the annual Housing Strategy Statistical Appendix (HSSA) returns and is published in live table 116 on the Communities and Local Government website at the following link:
	http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/housing/xls/140882.xls
	Reliable estimates of the number of local authority-owned dwellings in each district, county and unitary authority are not available for earlier years.
	Information on the stock of dwellings owned by RSLs as at 31 March each year is supplied to the Tenants Services Authority by RSLs on the Regulatory Statistical Return (RSR) and is published annually from 1997 in live table 115 on the Communities and Local Government website at the following link:
	http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/housing/xls/140879.xls
	Information on the number of homes available for rent from private landlords in each district, county or unitary authority is not held centrally. However, estimates of the number of dwellings in the south-east region available for rent from local authorities, RSLs and private landlords, based on survey data, from 1991 are published in live table 109 on the Communities and Local Government website at the following link:
	http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/housing/xls/table-109.xls

Streatham

Keith Hill: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if he will set out, with statistical evidence relating as closely as possible to Streatham constituency, the effects on that constituency of changes to his Department's policies since 1997.

Barbara Follett: The information requested is not available. The Department evaluates the impact of major programmes and policies countrywide. We do not assess the specific impacts on individual areas.
	Details of research projects commissioned by Communities and Local Government and its predecessors are available from our Research Database (RD)at:
	http://www.rmd.communities.gov.uk/
	The database provides information on projects commissioned by Communities and Local Government and predecessor Departments going back to 30 November 2001. This includes details of evaluations.

Supported Housing

Bob Neill: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government with reference to the media background briefing note accompanying the Prime Minister's announcement on places in supported housing for 16 and 17 year-old single mothers of 29 September 2009, from what part of the social housing budget funding for those places will be drawn.

Ian Austin: Capital funding is being delivered through the Homes and Communities Agency's Affordable Housing programme budget.

Cultural Heritage: Shipping

Alison Seabeck: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what progress his Department has made on the development and implementation of a policy on historic ships; how many historic vessels have been recorded since the publication of the consultation document, Understanding historic vessels; and where each such vessel is located.

Margaret Hodge: The Department's policy on historic ships was developed in response to the DCMS public consultation on 'Ships for the Nation' in 2003 and the Select Committee hearing on maritime heritage and historic ships in 2004-05. This led to the creation of the Advisory Committee for national historic ships in July 2006. This committee advises the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport on policy and priorities for the historic ships sector; coordinates work within the sector to assist those directly engaged in preservation; and promotes public interest in historic ships as a key component of the maritime heritage.
	The committee receive revenue funding from the Department. In addition to advising on priorities for the sector, the committee uses its funding to compile and maintain the national register of historic vessels; to provide strategic development grants to assist owners, trusts and societies responsible for vessels included on the national register.
	The register for national historic vessels is a database of over 1000 vessels which can be used to identify and prioritise vessels that should be preserved, provide guidance on how best to allocate funding and give an early warning of any vessels that may be 'at risk'. It allows Government to identify the vessels that are of national and regional significance which may need to be prioritised for long term preservation.
	The committee have also created the 'National Ship Preservation Network' which is an online directory of organisations involved in vessel conservation, allowing owners to access up to date information about the skills and services available in their area. In addition to this, the committee have published a range of guidelines on preserving, conserving and deconstructing historic vessels.
	In 2007, the committee carried out a consultation entitled Understanding Historic Vessels. As a result of this, they published two guidance documents called Recording Historic Vessels and Deconstructing Historic Vessels. Recording Historic Vessels is designed to help vessel owners to create and maintain a record of their vessel so that information about the vessel can be preserved for the future. Deconstructing Historic Vessels was designed to help vessel owners carry out any necessary deconstruction work in a way that saves a valuable record of the ship's structure and operational life for future generations. These documents are freely accessible to the public on the Committee's website at:
	http://www.nationalhistoricships.org.uk/pages/advisory-papers.html
	There is no central register to track the use of the guidelines or the results of any recordings. It is impossible therefore to determine how many historic vessels have been recorded using the guidelines and where the vessels are located. The committee have applied the methodologies to Golden Galleon before deconstruction and to HMS Bronington (currently located in Birkenhead) ahead of a possible deconstruction programme.

Departmental Disclosure of Information

David Davis: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport whether  (a) agencies and  (b) non-departmental public bodies for which his Department is responsible sell information on a commercial basis to (i) companies or individuals in the private sector and (ii) other organisations.

Si�n Simon: The Royal Parks do not sell information on a commercial basis to companies or individuals in the private sector and other organisations.
	It is not possible to provide full information for the extensive range of NDPBs for which my department is responsible, as the information is not held centrally and to obtain it would incur disproportionate cost.

Cardiovascular System: Screening

Malcolm Moss: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps his Department plans to take to monitor the take up of the NHS Vascular Checks programme for people aged between 40 and 74; and if he will make a statement.

Ann Keen: The NHS Health Check programme is a Tier 3 Vital Sign in the NHS Operating Framework 2010-11. Consequently, strategic health authorities play a significant role in monitoring the roll-out of the programme locally. To support national understanding of the pace of implementation of the programme, data will be collected by the Department from 1 April 2010 on the number of people between the ages of 40 and 74 who have received an NHS Health Check. An NHS Health Check data set is also being developed which will enable the national health service to observe the progress of the programme in more detail.

Drugs: Misuse

James Brokenshire: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many children under the age of 18 were admitted to hospital with an  (a) primary and  (b) secondary diagnosis of poisoning by drugs in each strategic health authority in each of the last five years.

Gillian Merron: The information requested is in the following tables.
	These data include admissions in English national health service hospitals and English NHS commissioned activity in the independent sector. These data are not a count of 'people' as the same person may have been admitted on more than one occasion with one of the specified diagnosis codes. Those admitted with a primary diagnosis of poisoning by drugs, may also have had an additional secondary diagnosis of poisoning by drugs.
	Count of finished admission episodes where 'poisoning by drugs' was coded in a primary diagnosis field or any secondary diagnosis field, for those aged under 18 by strategic health authority (SHA) of residence for the years 2006-07 to 2008-09.
	
		
			2008-09  2007-08  2006-07 
			  SHA code  SHA of residence description  Primary diagnosis  Secondary diagnosis  Primary diagnosis  Secondary diagnosis  Primary diagnosis  Secondary diagnosis 
			 Q30 North-east strategic health authority 1,230 27 1,308 34 1,329 22 
			 Q31 North-west strategic health authority 2,953 67 3,360 111 3,179 118 
			 Q32 Yorkshire and the Humber strategic health authority 1,872 55 1,959 53 2,001 76 
			 Q33 East midlands strategic health authority 1,523 42 1,654 50 1,508 40 
			 Q34 West midlands strategic health authority 2,045 46 2,131 46 2,165 45 
			 Q35 East of England strategic health authority 1,263 39 1,371 37 1,331 25 
			 Q36 London strategic health authority 1,666 44 1,738 59 1,650 54 
			 Q37 South-east coast strategic health authority 1,366 42 1,380 31 1,246 34 
			 Q38 South-central strategic health authority 1,285 40 1,295 34 1,265 29 
			 Q39 South-west strategic health authority 1,750 34 1,914 54 1822 54 
			 Q99 Wales 62 1 62 1 44 3 
			 S Scotland 10 0 8 0 7 0 
			 U England-not otherwise specified 43 1 49 0 41 2 
			 X Foreign (incl. Isle of Man and Channel Islands) 20 2 7 1 15 4 
			 Y Unknown 81 4 149 12 81 9 
			 Z Northern Ireland 0 0 1 0 1 0 
			  Total 17,169 444 18,386 523 17,685 515 
			  Source: Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), The NHS Information Centre for health and social care 
		
	
	
		
			  Count of finished admission episodes where 'poisoning by drugs' was coded in a primary diagnosis field or any secondary diagnosis field, for those aged under 18 by SHA of residence for the years 2006-07 to 2008-09 
			2005-06  2004-05 
			  SHA code  SHA of residence description  Primary diagnosis  Secondary diagnosis  Primary diagnosis  Secondary diagnosis 
			 Q01 Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire Strategic HA 683 18 627 16 
			 Q02 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Strategic HA 312 9 325 13 
			 Q03 Essex Strategic HA 309 8 255 6 
			 Q04 North West London Strategic HA 325 29 257 10 
			 Q05 North Central London Strategic HA 327 13 293 12 
			 Q06 North East London Strategic HA 426 12 383 15 
			 Q07 South East London Strategic HA 327 7 357 13 
			 Q08 South West London Strategic HA 295 15 249 8 
			 Q09 Northumberland, Tyne and Wear Strategic HA 703 11 568 15 
			 Q10 County Durham and Tees Valley Strategic HA 632 9 588 9 
			 Q11 North and East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire Strategic HA 604 13 554 19 
			 Q12 West Yorkshire Strategic HA 824 23 877 19 
			 Q13 Cumbria and Lancashire Strategic HA 927 26 819 22 
			 Q14 Greater Manchester Strategic HA 1,241 40 1,016 32 
			 Q15 Cheshire and Merseyside Strategic HA 1,029 29 902 34 
			 Q16 Thames Valley Strategic HA 638 10 590 17 
			 Q17 Hampshire and Isle of Wight Strategic HA 755 25 656 16 
			 Q18 Kent and Medway Strategic HA 540 10 496 8 
			 Q19 Surrey and Sussex Strategic HA 814 22 619 25 
			 Q20 Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire Strategic HA 905 29 755 23 
			 Q21 South West Peninsula Strategic HA 562 20 531 11 
			 Q22 Dorset and Somerset Strategic HA 467 15 389 10 
			 Q23 South Yorkshire Strategic HA 427 30 381 15 
			 Q24 Trent Strategic HA 907 18 986 23 
			 Q25 Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland Strategic HA 556 10 464 10 
			 Q26 Shropshire and Staffordshire Strategic HA 559 20 542 8 
			 Q27 Birmingham and the Black Country Strategic HA 1,091 25 951 26 
			 Q28 West Midlands South Strategic HA 624 13 499 14 
			 Q99 Wales 53 1 45 4 
			 S Scotland 6 0 4 0 
			 U England-not otherwise specified 56 4 45 4 
			 X Foreign (incl. Isle of Man  Channel Islands) 13 0 19 1 
			 Y Unknown 82 6 61 16 
			 Z Northern Ireland 1 0 0 0 
			 Total  18,020 520 16,103 474 
			  Source: Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), The NHS Information Centre for health and social care 
		
	
	The ICD-10 code categories for poisoning (either self-inflicted or accidental), are as follows and include overdose of these substances:
	T36: Poisoning by systemic antibiotics
	T37: Poisoning by other systemic anti-infectives and antiparasitics
	T38: Poisoning by hormones and their synthetic substitutes and antagonists, not elsewhere classified
	T39: Poisoning by nonopioid analgesics, antipyretics and antirheumatics
	T40: Poisoning by narcotics and psychodysleptics (hallucinogens)
	T41: Poisoning by anaesthetics and therapeutic gases
	T42: Poisoning by antiepileptic, sedative-hypnotic and antiparkinsonism drugs
	T43: Poisoning by psychotropic drugs, not elsewhere classified
	T44: Poisoning by drugs primarily affecting the autonomic nervous system
	T45: Poisoning by primarily systemic and haematological agents, not elsewhere classified
	T46: Poisoning by agents primarily affecting the cardiovascular system
	T47: Poisoning by agents primarily affecting the gastrointestinal system
	T48: Poisoning by agents primarily acting on smooth and skeletal muscles and the respiratory system
	T49: Poisoning by topical agents primarily affecting skin and mucous membrane and by ophthalmological, otorhinolaryngological and dental drugs
	T50: Poisoning by diuretics and other and unspecified drugs, medicaments and biological substances

Health Services: Reciprocal Arrangements

Bob Spink: To ask the Secretary of State for Health with which countries the NHS has reciprocal arrangements for health treatment.

Gillian Merron: The United Kingdom has reciprocal health care obligations under European Union regulations, which coordinate social security including sickness, maternity and equivalent paternity benefits in kind, in the European Economic Area and Switzerland.
	In addition, the United Kingdom has bilateral health care agreements with the following:
	Anguilla
	Armenia
	Australia
	Azerbaijan
	Barbados
	Bosnia
	British Virgin Islands
	Croatia
	Falkland Islands
	Georgia
	Gibraltar
	Isle of Man
	Kazakhstan
	Kyrgyzstan
	Macedonia
	Moldova
	Montserrat
	New Zealand
	Russia
	Serbia
	St. Helena
	Tajikistan
	Turkmenistan
	Turks and Caicos Islands
	Ukraine
	Uzbekistan.

Health: Screening

Malcolm Moss: To ask the Secretary of State for Health 
	(1)  how many  (a) GP surgeries and  (b) pharmacies in England are providing NHS Health Checks to people aged between 40 and 74;
	(2)  what systems his Department has in place to assess the use of funding allocated for the implementation of NHS Health Checks.

Ann Keen: Primary care trusts (PCTs) began phased implementation of the NHS Health Check programme in April 2009.
	It is for PCTs to decide how to deliver the NHS Health Check programme in a way that best suits the needs of their local population. There are different ways that PCTs may choose to do this and could include the use of general practitioner (GP) surgeries, pharmacies and other community settings, or a combination of these. There is no centrally collected information on how many GP surgeries, pharmacies and other settings are being used to provide NHS Health Checks. Funding for the programme is not ring-fenced and provided as part of general PCT allocations. Data on spend by PCTs on implementing the programme is not collected centrally.

Life Expectancy

Chris Ruane: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average life expectancy was for people in each  (a) local authority and  (b) health authority area in each of the last three years.

Angela Smith: I have been asked to reply.
	The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.
	 Letter from Dennis Roberts, dated January 2010:
	The Director General for the Office for National Statistics has been asked to reply to your recent question asking what the average life expectancy was for people in each (a) local authority and (b) health authority area in each of the last three years. I am replying in his absence. (311722)
	Life expectancy figures are calculated as three-year rolling averages, and are published annually by ONS . The tables provide the period life expectancy at birth for males and females in each (a) local authority in England and Wales (Table 1), and  (b) primary care organisation in England and local health board in Wales (Table 2), for the 2006-08 period (the latest figures available). A copy has been placed in the House of Commons Library.

Mental Health Services: Birmingham

Roger Godsiff: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much funding has been allocated to the provision of cognitive behavioural therapy in the Birmingham area in each of the last three years.

Phil Hope: Data is not available for 2007-08 and 2008-09.
	The Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) Programme is rolling out new psychological therapy services across England. To date, funds have been allocated to primary care trusts (PCTs) as they have established new IAPT services, but from 1 April 2010, funding for IAPT services will be in PCT baselines. It should also be noted that many PCTs have made further local investment, alongside the centrally allocated funding, to ensure IAPT services serve more people.
	In the Birmingham area, three PCTs (Heart of Birmingham, North and East Birmingham, and South Birmingham) have established a single IAPT service with £1.692 million investment of central funds. There has also been significant local investment made alongside this central money. This investment was made in 2009-10, with the services going live in autumn 2009.
	Information about any further local investment in cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) and IAPT services in primary care settings can be obtained directly from the local PCTs concerned. However, CBT may also be delivered as part of care packages in secondary mental health services, which provide services to those with severe and enduring mental health problems.

Neurology: Children

Mark Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what progress has been made on the review of paediatric neurological services by the National Specialist Commissioning Group; and what effects he expects the outcomes of the review to have upon service provision at Wessex Neurological Centre.

Ann Keen: The National Specialised Commissioning Group (NSCG) has set up a steering group with members from the Society of British Neurological Surgeons, the British Paediatric Neurosurgery Group and other relevant professional associations to review delivery of paediatric neurosurgical services in England. The review is making good progress; it has published draft service standards for discussion with a wide range of stakeholders and is looking at the evidence base for possible reconfiguration of services and potential models of care.
	No key decisions on the future planning or delivery of paediatric neurosurgical services in England have yet been made and we cannot prejudge the outcome of the review, but the aim of the review is to ensure safe and sustainable paediatric neurosurgical services for all children in England, and their families, regardless of where they live or which hospital delivers their care.

NHS: Ministers of Religion

Philip Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Health 
	(1)  how much was spent by  (a) his Department and  (b) the NHS on chaplaincy services in each of the last five years;
	(2)  how much was spent by  (a) his Department and  (b) the National Health Service on chaplaincy services in 2008-09.

Phil Hope: National health service bodies are not required to report their planned or actual spending on chaplaincy and related services to the Department. When planning such services, NHS bodies should take, due account of their legal duties, the composition of the communities they serve, and the needs and circumstances of their patients, service users and local populations.
	The Department recognises the important role played by faith organisations in supporting the NHS to deliver multi-faith chaplaincy services and has established a chaplaincy grants programme to fund a range of faith organisations to support healthcare chaplaincy. Over the past five years, the total funding made available has been as follows:
	
		
			  (£) 
			 2009-10 186,000 
			 2008-09 185,000 
			 2007-08 180,000 
			 2006-07 (1)180,000 
			 2005-06 (1)180,000 
			 (1) Approximately

Obesity: Children

David Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the  (a) levels of obesity and  (b) overall health of schoolchildren in England in each of the last three years.

Gillian Merron: The Health Survey for England (HSE) 2008 contains information on the percentage of children aged 2-15 who are obese in each of the last three years. This information has already been placed in the Library. The data indicates that the prevalence of obesity in children aged 2-10 is levelling out. In children aged 11-15 the prevalence has increased.
	The NHS Information Centre has undertaken annual surveys of smoking, drinking and drug use among young people aged 11- 15, carried out in schools across England. The annual survey for each of the last three years have been placed in the Library. In addition, trend table 8 in the HSE 2008 contains information on children's general health.
	Further information is also collected in the Tellus Survey that asks children and young people questions covering the five Every Child Matters outcomes including the 'Be Healthy' outcome.

Patients

Tim Boswell: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps his Department is taking to evaluate the effectiveness of self-care by patients; what steps his Department is taking to increase awareness of self-care among GPs and patients; what educational programmes his Department plans to implement to encourage the early adoption of this approach; and what safeguards are in place to discourage the inappropriate use of self-care by patients diagnosed with conditions which require medical intervention.

Ann Keen: Patients are routinely asked for their feedback on the support they receive to self care and its effectiveness through the GP Tracker Survey and the IPSOS MORI self care survey.
	The Department worked with Skills for Health and Skills for Care who published the Common Core Principles to Support Self Care (May 2008) setting out the skills attitudes and behaviours to support individuals to self care. In addition a web-based training module for clinicians and other professionals is available through the national learning management system-Supporting Self Care was developed with the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges and the Department's e-learning for Healthcare.
	Information for patients on self care choices and service options has been made available with the development of Your health, your way. This web-based initiative on NHS Choices is supported by a patient information leaflet and information and resources for healthcare professionals. In the recent national Self Care Week (9-15 November 2009) which aimed to raise awareness of Your health, your way and the choices of self care support available, visits to the website doubled.
	The Department continues to support and engage with the Expert Patients programme as one of the options to provide education for people with long terms conditions (LTCs) that can help them access services more appropriately and to self care more effectively. This is in addition to other choices of support in terms of information about the condition, tools and equipment to help people stay independent, access to support groups, and healthy lifestyle advice.
	The Department's self care strategy focuses on supporting people with LTCs through a process of care planning which enables them to take a more active and informed role in decisions about their health and wellbeing. This includes information, choices, shared decision making and ongoing support to self care as part of a care planning discussion with their healthcare professional. A personalised care plan, developed and regularly reviewed with a lead professional from among the team of staff who help manage their care will mean a person will have more control over the care packages they receive. In this way the chances of any unplanned emergencies or deterioration in that person's condition should be minimised. Information about care plans and care planning is included in the Your health, your way and self care materials.

Swine Flu: Vaccination

Paul Flynn: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what evidence his Department has evaluated on adverse side effects arising from use of vaccines distributed during the current swine influenza epidemic.

Gillian Merron: The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has in place a proactive safety monitoring strategy for the swine influenza vaccines currently in use in the United Kingdom. As part of this, the MHRA established a dedicated reporting system, an adjunct to the existing Yellow Card scheme, for suspected side effects to the vaccines.
	The strategy involves daily analysis of all suspected side effect reports, a real-time statistical analysis of the data and weekly publication of its ongoing review on the MHRA website:
	www.mhra.gov.uk/swineflu
	As well as such data arising from the UK reporting scheme, the MHRA has been fully involved in evaluating similar safety data from across Europe, as well as emerging safety data from ongoing clinical studies.
	The MHRA's analysis has so far found that the number and the nature of suspected side effects reported to date accord with expectations. The most frequently reported suspected side effects are injection site reactions (such as pain, swelling, redness), or are well known and common side effects of many vaccines, including the swine flu vaccines (such as nausea, vomiting, dizziness, muscle pain, fever, fatigue, headaches, swollen glands). These are generally mild and short lasting.
	No unexpected or serious new safety issues have been identified from UK and non-UK safety data received to date. The balance of benefits and risks for swine flu vaccines used in the UK remains positive. As with all medicines and vaccines on the UK market, the MHRA will keep the safety of swine flu vaccines under close review.

Navy: Greenock

Angus Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the current estimated value is of the Navy buildings in Greenock; and how much is planned to be spent on redeveloping those buildings.

Kevan Jones: Details of all Ministry of Defence holdings over £1 million, together with their latest asset valuations can be found in chapter seven of the National Asset Register, on HM Treasury's website at:
	http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/psr_investment_nar_2007_index.htm
	The latest figure published for Greenock Navy Buildings being £4.147 million in 2007.
	There are no plans to redevelop the Navy buildings in Greenock and only essential maintenance work will be undertaken in the future. Recent estimates of through-life costs required to maintain their material state, suggest that the continued retention of the buildings may not represent best value for money. We are, therefore, looking at options for their future. No decisions will, however, be taken until stakeholders, lodger units and trades unions have been consulted.

RAF Kinloss

David Cairns: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many  (a) civilian staff and  (b) armed forces staff were employed at RAF Kinloss in each of the last five years.

Kevan Jones: The number of civilian staff and armed forces' staff employed at RAF Kinloss in each of the last five years is shown in the following table. Prior to 2007 and the introduction of the Joint Personnel Administration System (JPA) data on the number of Service personnel based at specific RAF bases was not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
	
		
			  April each year 
			  Personnel  2005  2006  2007  2008  2009 
			 Civilian 340 320 310 310 310 
			 Armed Forces n/a n/a (1)1,490 (1)1,430 (1)1,380 
			 (1) Data that is provisional and subject to review.  Note: Numbers are rounded to the nearest 10. Armed Forces figures include trained and untrained personnel.

RAF Lossiemouth

David Cairns: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many  (a) civilian staff and  (b) armed forces staff were employed at RAF Lossiemouth in each of the last five years.

Kevan Jones: The number of civilian staff and armed forces' staff employed at RAF Lossiemouth in each of the last five years is shown in the table below. Prior to 2007 and the introduction of the Joint Personnel Administration System (JPA) data on the number of Service personnel based at specific RAF bases was not held centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.
	
		
			  April each year 
			  Personnel  2005  2006  2007  2008  2009 
			 Civilian 410 400 380 370 370 
			 Armed Forces n/a n/a (1)2,090 (1)1,770 (1)1,760 
			 (1) Data that is provisional and subject to review.  Note: Numbers are rounded to the nearest 10. armed forces figures include trained and untrained personnel. 
		
	
	The reduction in armed forces personnel at RAF Lossiemouth resulted mainly from the collocation of maintenance personnel to create the Tornado Dept Hub at RAF Marham in 2007.

Non-Governmental Organisations: Finance

Douglas Carswell: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what the  (a) purpose and  (b) terms are of each (i) strategic grant agreement and (ii) strategic framework partnership agreement entered into by his Department since its creation.

Michael Foster: The purpose of strategic grant agreement's and the strategic framework grant agreement was to enable the recipient organisations to increase their knowledge of international development issues and build their capacity to make an effective contribution to international development. Each agreement contained clear outcomes and implementation procedures. An example of one such agreement is available on the DFID website:
	http://www.dfid.gov.uk/Documents/publications/sgauklocalgovernalliance.pdf
	In addition, a standard memorandum of understanding (MOU) between DFID and the recipient organisations contained terms relating to the use of funds, independent auditing and reporting of financial accounts and evaluation requirements.

Non-Governmental Organisations: Finance

Douglas Carswell: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what criteria were used by his Department for the selection of organisations to participate in the partnership programme arrangements awarded in 2009; and for what reasons these awards were not subject to competition.

Michael Foster: The Department for International Development (DFID) entered in to Partnership Programme Arrangements (PPAs) with three groups in 2009; CIVICUS, Trades Union Congress (TUC) and Comic Relief. All three groups were previously being funded through a variety of separate programme funding arrangements involving considerable staff time and resources. All three groups filled an important niche in civil society not covered by other PPA partners. By supporting these groups through PPAs, we were able to provide assistance more efficiently. There was no benefit to DFID in undertaking a long and costly competitive application process.

Departmental Advertising

Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 18 January 2010,  Official Report, column 29W, on departmental advertising, what activities accounted for the main areas of expenditure under the  (a) television,  (b) radio,  (c) print and  (d) online advertising category.

Alan Johnson: The forecast expenditure for advertising activities for 2009-10 relates to spend on TV, radio, print and online advertising on public facing marketing campaign to tackle: drug misuse, binge drinking, knife crime, teen partner violence, acquisitive crime and raise awareness of the service to expect from local crime and justice providers.

Driving Offences: Fines

David Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much revenue from fines for motoring offences in  (a) Southend-on-Sea,  (b) Essex and  (c) England and Wales arising from detection by speed cameras was paid into the Consolidated Fund (i) directly and (ii) from surpluses of safety camera partnerships in each of the last 10 years; what recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on this matter; and if he will make a statement.

Alan Campbell: Information reported to the Home Office on fixed penalty notices for motoring offences as well as data on court fines held by the Ministry of Justice does not include information on revenues as not all fines imposed will have been paid.
	Data provided by the Department for Transport showing the fine receipts and surplus for the National Safety Camera Programme from 2000-01 to 2006-07 (when the programme ended) is provided by the table.
	The National Safety Camera Programme was rolled out to 38 safety camera partnerships in England and Wales between 2001 and 2004 and had a distinct function-to strengthen detection, enforcement and deterrence of speeding and red light offences at places on the road network with particular problems.
	All the fine receipts in the table are paid into the consolidated fund. Data have been provided for Essex and England and Wales only as the data reported to the Department for Transport are provided at police force area level only.
	
		
			  Speed and red-light camera fine receipts and surplus for each year of the National Safety Camera Programme: Data for red-light cameras cannot be disaggregated from those of speed cameras: No data held below Essex geographical level 
			  £ 
			   Fine receipts  Surplus 
			  Essex   
			 2000-01 1,846,480 0 
			 2001-02 3,524,120 344,816 
			 2002-03 5,672,220 521,934 
			 2003-04 5,137,740 100,447 
			 2004-05 4,710,300 87,887 
			 2005-06 4,732,860 475,670 
			 2006-07 3,917,040 177,186 
			  National Programme (England and Wales)   
			 2000-01 9,902,760 1,290,967 
			 2001-02 18,799,820 3,412,881 
			 2002-03 73,876,260 16,256,127 
			 2003-04 113,567,780 21,690,421 
			 2004-05 113,729,614 18,649,830 
			 2005-06 114,625,360 15,082,460 
			 2006-07 104,503,784 6,574,030 
			  Note: The above will not include fine receipts from penalties detected by cameras operated outside the national programme

Firearms

Adrian Sanders: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people in  (a) England,  (b) Devon and  (c) Torbay constituency have been (i) killed and (ii) wounded by a firearm in each year since 1997.

Alan Campbell: Available information relates to crimes recorded by the police in which firearms (excluding air weapons) were reported to have been fired or used as a blunt instrument resulting in fatal, serious and slight injury. Data for England and the Devon and Cornwall police force area, from 1997-98 up to and including 2008-09, are given in the table. Constituency and county level data are not collected centrally.
	Full analysis of firearm offence statistics for 2008-09 was published in Home Office Statistical Bulletin 01/10 on 21 January 2010, available at:
	http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs10/hosb0110.pdf
	
		
			  Crimes recorded by the police in which firearms (excluding air weapons) were reported to have been used( 1)  resulting in injury, by degree of injury, England total and Devon and Cornwall police force area, 1997-98 to 2008-09 
			   Injury type 
			   Fatal injury  Serious( 2)  injury  Slight injury 
			  1997-98
			 England 52 202 543 
			 Devon and Cornwall 1 0 4 
			 
			  1998-99( 3)
			 England 50 158 649 
			 Devon and Cornwall 1 1 23 
			 
			  1999-2000
			 England 62 199 925 
			 Devon and Cornwall 1 2 21 
			 
			  2000-01
			 England 71 239 1,036 
			 Devon and Cornwall 1 0 9 
			 
			  2001-02( 4)
			 England 94 391 1,370 
			 Devon and Cornwall - 0 5 
			 
			  2002-03( 5)
			 England 78 414 1,627 
			 Devon and Cornwall - 1 10 
			 
			  2003-04
			 England 68 432 1,813 
			 Devon and Cornwall 2 0 22 
			 
			  2004-05( 6)
			 England 76 404 3,300 
			 Devon and Cornwall 1 1 92 
			 
			  2005-06
			 England 48 473 3,206 
			 Devon and Cornwall - 0 72 
			 
			  2006-07
			 England 56 405 2,450 
			 Devon and Cornwall - 1 57 
			 
			  2007-08
			 England 53 398 2,703 
			 Devon and Cornwall - 1 49 
			 
			  2008-09
			 England 39 320 1,367 
			 Devon and Cornwall 1 4 20 
			 (1) Where firearms have been fired or used as a blunt instrument. (2) A serious injury is the one which necessitated detention in hospital or involved fractures, concussion, severe general shock. penetration by a bullet or multiple shot wounds. (3) There was a change in the counting rules for recorded crime on 1 April 1998. (4) Figures may have been inflated by some police forces implementing the principles of the National Crime Recording Standard before 1 April 2002. (5) The National Crime Recording Standard was introduced on 1 April 2002. Figures for some crime categories may have been inflated by this. (6) More explicit guidelines for the classification of weapons introduced on 1 April 2004 may have increased the recording of firearm offences, particularly those committed by imitation weapons.

Stop and Search: Greater London

Neil Gerrard: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many stop and searches have been carried out by the Metropolitan police under section 60 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 in each year since 2003-04; and how many such searches resulted in arrests for  (a) possession of an offensive weapon or dangerous instrument and  (b) other reasons.

David Hanson: The available data is provided in the table.
	
		
			  Table l: To show stop and searches made by Metropolitan police under section 60 of the Criminal justice and Public Order Act 1994 and resulting arrests 
			   Searches  Number of persons found to be carrying offensive weapons or dangerous instruments  Arrests for offensive weapons  Arrests for other reasons 
			 2003-04 4,359 19 29 122 
			 2004-05 3,480 14 19 101 
			 2005-06 5,584 75 50 149 
			 2006-07 16,917 136 93 528 
			 2007-08 17,471 135 84 544

Streatham

Keith Hill: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will set out, with statistical evidence relating as closely as possible to Streatham constituency, the effects on that constituency of changes to his Department's policies since 1997.

Alan Campbell: The Home Office has introduced a range of policies and initiatives since 1997. However, it is not always possible to quantify their effects particularly at constituency level. The available statistical information therefore relates to the London borough of Lambeth.
	In terms of police recorded crime in Lambeth, between 2002-03 and 2008-09, total recorded crime fell by 35 per cent. More specifically:
	Violence against the person: down 14 per cent.
	Sexual offences: down 20 per cent.
	Robbery: down 46 per cent.
	Burglary: down 39 per cent.
	Offences against vehicles: down 56 per cent.
	Other theft offences: down 38 per cent.
	Criminal damage: down 43 per cent.
	Drug offences: up 33 per cent.
	Data prior to 2002-03 is not directly comparable because of the introduction of the National Crime Recording Standard in April 2002. Additionally, no data at borough level is available prior to 1998-99. Lambeth Operational Command Unit had 1,010 police officers as at 30 September 2009. The number of police officers has increased by 174 since 2001. Comparisons with 1997 for Lambeth are not available. There were 170 police community support officers as at 30 September 2009 whilst there were none in existence in 1997.
	The Crime and Disorder Act 1998 saw positive effects with the statutory duty to create a crime and disorder reduction partnership (CDRP). The CDRP has brought new ways of working in a cross cutting way with the police, council and other key stakeholders and genuine partnership working to help tackle complex issues.
	The CDRP paved the way for the Safer Neighbourhoods initiatives where there is now a dedicated police resource in each of the 21 wards in Lambeth which were not in place in 1997.
	Lambeth's CDRP and wider partnership approach has been recognised as good practice and overall crime levels continue to reduce: there was a reduction in the seven consecutive years up to 2009.
	Before 1997 there were no bespoke powers to tackle antisocial behaviour but there are now a range of powers to deal with this issue. These include antisocial behaviour orders and designated public places orders (DPPO) from the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001. Lambeth have adopted a borough-wide controlled drinking zone which is now in operation.
	In 1997, there were 40 CCTV cameras in Lambeth and since then two main schemes have been developed increasing CCTV to 966 cameras. The Town Centre scheme which has 133 cameras and 833 in housing estates and there are additionally Transport for London cameras.

Darfur

Keith Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what his policy is on the proposal by the African Union Eminent Persons group for the establishment of hybrid courts to try persons charged with war crimes in Darfur.

Ivan Lewis: We have welcomed the report by the African Union Panel on Darfur (AUPD) led by former President Mbeki which included a recommendation for the establishment of hybrid courts to try those accused of atrocities in Darfur.
	There are some points within the report with which we do not agree, and others, including the proposal for hybrid courts, on which further details are needed. However, our overall assessment is that the report is thorough, detailed and balanced, with a frank analysis of causes and consequences of the conflict.
	We will continue to support the work of the Mbeki-led High-level Implementation Panel, which was established to take forward the report's recommendations, and encourage effective co-ordination with existing organisations working for peace in Sudan. We will work with the AU and other international organisations, on those areas within the AUPD report which still need further consideration.

Departmental Public Expenditure

Edward Davey: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has and with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the effect of the abolition of the overseas price mechanism on the budgets of his Department in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement.

David Miliband: I refer to the reply given to the right hon. Member for Richmond, Yorks (Mr. Hague) today.

Departmental Public Expenditure

Edward Davey: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions his Department has had with Treasury  (a) Ministers and  (b) officials in the 2009-10 financial year to discuss proposed in-year reductions to his Department's budgets for (i) counter-terrorism programmes in Pakistan, (ii) counter-radicalisation programmes in Pakistan and (iii) counter-narcotics programmes in Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement.

David Miliband: I refer to the reply given to the right hon. Member for Richmond, Yorks (Mr. Hague) today.

Departmental Training

William Hague: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer of 16 December 2009,  Official Report, column 1225W, on departmental training, how many face-to-face training places his Department will provide for its staff in financial year 2010-11; and what change this represents on the previous financial year.

David Miliband: The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) is committed to investing in FCO staff training and development. This will be focussed on meeting business needs, for example through improving the FCO's international policy skills and increasing performance management training. We will make final decisions on the number of face to face training places we provide in 2010-11 in light of the resources available.

Members: Correspondence

Sandra Gidley: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he plans to answer the letter from the hon. Member for Romsey of 2 September 2009, on an enquiry made on behalf of her constituents, Mr. and Mrs. J Cook.

Chris Bryant: The letter from the hon. Member was transferred to, and accepted by, the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) on 12 November 2009. The MOJ has already replied to the letter.

Pirates: Hostages

Jim Cousins: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many British-owned and registered vessels have been captured by pirates in the Gulf of Aden and the surrounding ocean in the last 12 months; how many  (a) passengers and  (b) crew of each nationality were on board each such ship at the time of capture; and what steps are being taken to ensure their safe return.

Ivan Lewis: In the last 12 months there have been three British-owned and registered ships captured by pirates. The yacht Lynn Rival was hijacked near the Seychelles on 23 October 2009 with two UK nationals on board. The British-flagged MV St. James Park was hijacked in the Gulf of Aden on 28 December 2009 and the MV Asian Glory was hijacked in the Indian Ocean on 3 January 2010. Neither vessel had any UK nationals on board.
	According to information received from the shipping company, the crew breakdowns are as follows:
	St. James Park: Bulgaria five, Georgia one, India six, Philippines three, Poland one, Romania two, Russia three, Turkey three and Ukraine two.
	Asian Glory: Bulgaria eight, India five, Romania two and Ukraine 10.
	Contact is being maintained with the affected ship owners. Foreign and Commonwealth Office staff are in contact with the Chandler family and we are offering them full consular support.
	In addition to the answer provided by my hon. Friend the Minister for the Armed Forces (Bill Rammell) on 13 January 2010,  Official Report, column 999W, we are supporting strongly international action to combat piracy at sea, militarily and through close co-operation with industry, through support for regional capability development and through action to address the underlying causes of instability and lack of rule of law on land.

Sudan: Peace Negotiations

Edward Davey: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps he is taking to seek to ensure the complete implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement in Sudan; what assistance the UK plans to provide in co-operation with other countries for elections and referendums in the next 18 months in Sudan; and if he will make a statement.

David Miliband: On 9 January my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister re-emphasised the UK's commitment to the complete the implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement. On 8 January 2010 I joined Troika colleagues to urge greater efforts in Sudan and from the international community. Both statements can be found at:
	http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/news
	My noble Friend Baroness Kinnock visited Sudan from 11 to 13 January 2010 and emphasised the need for strong political leadership from all parties to ensure credible elections in April, agreeing the terms of the referendum in January 2011 and for work to start on post 2011 issues such as oil sharing, regardless of the outcome of the referendum. The UK will continue to press on these issues at every level.
	The UK recently committed an additional £8 million to support elections in Sudan bringing our total contribution so far to £12.5 million. This assistance will help with technical preparations, civic and voter education and conflict management. We are also pressing the European Commission to deploy an election observation mission to Sudan ahead of the elections.

Children: Carers

Roger Godsiff: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families in how many households in the Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath constituency a child under the age of 18 years fulfils the role of a carer for a disabled parent.

Dawn Primarolo: Precise local and national data on the number of children under the age of 18 years caring for a disabled parent is not collected centrally.

Children's Play: Devon

Adrian Sanders: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much funding his Department has provided for the enhancement of public play facilities in  (a) Torbay constituency and  (b) Devon in the last 12 months.

Dawn Primarolo: Following the commitments made in the Children's Plan in 2007 and the national play strategy in 2008, every top tier local authority in England is now receiving funding through the play capital investment programme.
	Of the 152 top-tier local authorities, 30 are play pathfinder authorities and the remaining 122 local authorities are all playbuilder authorities. On average every play pathfinder authority will receive around £2 million capital funding and £500,000 revenue funding, while playbuilder authorities will receive around £1 million capital and £45,000 revenue funding, over the current spending period 2008-09 to 2010-11. Play pathfinder authorities will use their allocated funding to deliver a minimum of 28 play areas plus a new staffed adventure playground, while playbuilder authorities will deliver a minimum of 22 play areas by 2011. The play areas that are delivered can be either completely new areas or existing areas which are significantly refurbished.
	Local authorities have joined the programme, and so started receiving their funding, in two phases: Wave 1 started in April 2008 and Wave 2 in April 2009. Torbay and Devon are both Wave 2 playbuilder authorities and as such are required to deliver 11 play areas each in both 2009-10 and 2010-11.
	The following tables show the capital and revenue funding allocated to Torbay and Devon during 2009-10, with indicative allocations for 2010-11 which will be confirmed in February 2010.
	Decisions on where the allocated capital funding is spent within local authority boundaries are taken locally, based on grant requirements around improved play spaces being provided where they are most needed and based on a robust consultation process with local children and young people, families and wider communities.
	We are encouraging all Members of Parliament to proactively engage with their local play capital programmes as they roll out, and we are asking local authorities to ensure that their local Members of Parliament and council elected members are appropriately consulted, and briefed, about where the capital funding is spent.
	
		
			   Capital funding (£)  Revenue funding (£) 
			  Local authority  2009-10  2010-11  2009-10  2010-11 
			 Torbay 529,078 596,381 27,372 18,248 
			 Devon 535,178 603,256 27,554 18,370

School Leaving: Expenditure

David Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much he expects his Department to spend in each area of expenditure on raising the education and training leaving age in each of the next five years; and if he will make a statement.

Iain Wright: Raising the participation age will bring benefits for young people, the economy and wider society. Continuing in learning post 16 means young people are more likely to achieve higher levels of qualifications, have increased earnings over their lifetime, better health and improved social skills. This in turn contributes to a more highly skilled, productive and internationally competitive workforce, with net benefits estimated at an additional £1.6 billion for each cohort of young people affected by RPA.
	The Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families recently announced a record level of investment of £8.2bn in 16-18 learning for 2010-11. It was also announced that the budget for 16-18 learning would increase by 0.9 per cent. in real terms in 2011-12 and 2012-13 in preparation for raising of the participation age. Funding beyond this period is subject to future spending reviews.
	To further support preparations for raising the participation age, trials are underway in 11 local areas to develop innovative local practice. Building on existing good practice the Department for Children, Schools and Families has recently published Raising the Participation Age: supporting local areas to deliver which sets out the key actions at national and local levels to support raising the participation age. This includes:
	Ensuring all children are prepared for success through new pupil and parent guarantees, a new secondary curriculum, one-to-one tuition and dissemination of good practice to tackle disengagement during key stage 3;
	Delivering a high quality and engaging learning offer to all young people through diplomas, general qualifications, apprenticeships and foundation learning with an additional £20 million being invested in foundation learning for key stage 4 learners in 2010-11. We will also work with employers to ensure there is a high quality offer for young people who choose to learn alongside full-time employment;
	Providing young people with the support they need to participate, for instance through a learning and support agreement approach that bring together the young person's learning goals, how their needs will be met, the contribution of different agencies and the actions the young person will undertake;
	Enabling all local areas to deliver RPA for example through the transfer to local authorities of the 16-19 participation budget and the sharing and development of good practice from an expansion of the RPA trial areas during 2010-11.

Specialised Diplomas: Yorkshire and the Humber

John Battle: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many young people are studying for 14 to 19 diplomas in  (a) Leeds West constituency and  (b) West Yorkshire in academic year 2009-10.

Iain Wright: The 14 to 19 diploma was introduced in the academic year 2008/09. Data for this year was published via the DCSF website on 11 November 2009 at:
	http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/STA/t000888/index.shtml
	We do not expect the 2009/10 figures by parliamentary constituency to be available until end November 2010 at the earliest.
	The number of learners who participated in a course of study towards a diploma for all or part of the academic year 2008/09 in  (a) the Leeds West parliamentary constituency and  (b) West Yorkshire, up to and including 31 August 2009, as identified by the number of diploma learners registered on the QCDA Diploma Aggregation Service (DAS) data is:
	
		
			   Number 
			 Leeds West 38 
			 West Yorkshire 324 
		
	
	10 diploma subjects are currently available, a further seven will be phased in over a period to 2012.

Departmental Public Expenditure

David Simpson: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how much his Department and its predecessor spent on  (a) new furnishings,  (b) art and  (c) new vehicles in each of the last three years.

Patrick McFadden: This Department published Annual Report and Accounts contain information on its tangible fixed assets, which includes an additions category entitled 'furniture, fixtures and fittings'. These accounts can be found on the BIS website at the following address:
	www.bis.gov.uk
	The previous three published accounts are available on the website as follows:
	Department of Trade and Industry Annual Report and Accounts 2006/07 (HC 584) Chapter 5, Note 14;
	Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Annual Report and Accounts 2007/08 (HC757) Chapter 5, Note 14;
	Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Annual Report and Accounts 2008/09 (HC 447) Chapter 5, Note 15.
	BIS has not procured any art or new vehicles in any of the last three years.

Employment: Young People

James Clappison: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many and what proportion of people aged between 16 and 24 years were not in education, employment and training in the fourth quarter of 2009.

Kevin Brennan: Labour Force Survey data, used to estimate the number of people not in employment, education or training, is not yet available for quarter 4 2009.
	The Department for Children Schools and Families (DCSF) publishes the above estimates every quarter and the latest information can be found at the following website:
	http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/STR/d000890/NEETQtrBriefQ32009.pdf
	Estimates for quarter 4 2009 will be published on 25 February 2010.

Restaurants: Hampshire

Mike Hancock: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many companies are registered under UK standard industry classification codes for restaurants in  (a) Hampshire,  (b) the City of Portsmouth and  (c) Portsmouth South constituency.

Ian Lucas: As the question stands Companies House is unable to provide the answer. However, if postal codes are provided one-off reports can be prepared from their records. If the hon. Gentleman would therefore like to provide this information to the chief executive's office the information will be provided to him directly. The contact details are as follows:
	Gareth Jones
	Chief Executive and Registrar of Companies
	Companies House
	Crown Way
	Cardiff CF14 3UZ
	e-mail: registrar@companieshouse.gov.uk